Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Bombshell

Stylish and surprisingly tense (surprising because we know how the story ends, with Roger Ailes' deserved downfall), and - importantly for multiple reasons - convincing in its depiction of sexual harassment. Also very strong performances. But I struggled to get past both the intensely privileged 'white feminism' nature of it and, despite the film's downplaying of these aspects and emphasis on their humanising features, the harm that the central figures have done through their day jobs on Fox News. So even though it was very watchable, I didn't like it near as much as I otherwise might have.

(w/ R)