Bombshell Review
Bombshell was directed by Jay Roach and written by Charles Randolph. This film stars Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron and Margot Robbie. The story about the women who took down Roger Ailes at Fox News.
As a female, watching this, I felt sick to my stomach. Not because of the content but because I know this exists. And because I know that although we like to believe that it doesn’t happen in places with such prestige, it happens more often there and gets covered up.
While most everyone already knows the story of what happened this was nice to see a dramatization of it. Obviously things didn’t quiet happen like this and so you take the film with a grain of salt. But you still leave the theater feeling as if you’ve learned something about society. The editing was fantastic, it was fast paced and brought you further into the story. Because of the pace of the film it helped you to get lost in the story. The editor knew when to slow down so that the audience can take in what is happening and when to bring the pace up so that it could ensure that audiences didn’t get lost.
The story of the film was one of the main reasons to see this film. The girls did phenomenal acting. Charlize as always was brilliant. I wish they gave Nicole Kidman more scenes than what she had, but her portrayal of Gretchen Carlson, the wrench in everything that started the downfall of Roger, was fantastic as you’d expect when watching a Kidman performance.
I think this is something that everyone would benefit from watching. I would like to think that everyone is aware that this is a reality that women face in the workplace. But I feel like most people are ignorant to this, and this could possibly bring this to life.
