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• Documentary
• Drama

• 2019
• Jay Roach
• 104 mins
• 15

Summary

Drama based on a true story, starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie. Recently fired Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson takes the company's CEO, Roger Ailes, to court alleging sexual harassment. As more accusers come forward, including recent hire Kayla Pospisil, Carlson remains a pariah with Fox's fan base. Fellow star Megyn Kelly initially refuses to lend her support - but slowly comes around to speaking up against the company's ingrained culture of sexism.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Alan Jones

Dazzling performances abound in director Jay Roach's riveting, unflinching and rousing drama about the downfall of Fox News CEO Roger Ailes (John Lithgow). When demoted presenter Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman) sues Ailes for sexual harassment, it throws the already on-edge workers into desperate, divisive chaos. Anchorwoman Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron, in another astonishing physical transformation) is the reluctant mole attempting to track down fellow victims, while the fictional Kayla Pospisil (Margot Robbie) is an amalgam of all the women who found themselves alone in Ailes's office trying to avoid his sleazy overtures. Sharpened by a cut-and-thrust satirical angle with timely insights into workplace etiquette, this finely textured, fourth wall-breaking psychodrama works full-throttle as a salient, savvy, satisfying and fully believable corporate thriller.

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6.8/10

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rolenameMegyn KellyCharlize TheronGretchen CarlsonNicole KidmanKayla PospisilMargot RobbieRoger AilesJohn LithgowJess CarrKate McKinnonRupert MurdochMalcolm McDowellBeth AilesConnie BrittonSusan EstrichAllison JanneyGil NormanRob DelaneyNeil MullenStephen RootLily BalinLiv HewsonJulia ClarkeJack HavenAinsley EarhardtAlice EveJudge Jeanine PirroAlanna UbachDouglas BruntMark DuplassJuliet HuddyJennifer Morrison

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rolenameDirectorJay Roach

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Theatrical distributor

Lionsgate

Released on

2020-01-17

Languages

English

Guidance

Swearing

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