Bombshell

Charlize Theron and director Jay Roach are teaming to tell the tale of disgraced Fox News chairman Roger Ailes. Theron will portray Meagan Kelly, a former lawyer who was a Fox News anchor for over a decade, rising up through the ranks from legal contributor to host of the popular series The Kelly File. Fox News reportedly tried to pressure her to come out in support of Ailes (John Lithgow), but she refused. Ailes ran Fox News and helped launch the careers of Sean Hannity, Megyn Kelly and Gretchen Carlson with his powerful channel. He also was also a prominent figure in Republican circles who helped elect presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George Bush. Ailes was forced to resign in 2016 when a host of accusations of sexual misconduct surfaced, with Carlson and Kelly’s the most high-profile, and which contributed to his exit from the network.

This was pretty much just a straight telling of everything you had heard about the #MeToo movement at Fox News.  The performances throughout the movie were excellent - especially Charlize Theron because you basically thought it was Meagan Kelly playing herself.  But once you get past the awesome performances - there just isn't much substance to the movie.  The stuff is all very recent so you remember it clearly.  There is no new information introduced.  It just felt kind of hollow on that front.  

I would somewhat recommend people checking this out.   The performances really were awesome.  It's just kind of there though unless you are overly connected to this specific story for some reason.