Bombshell

By failing to contextualize their race and class, Bombshell overlooks how complicated the real women who ousted Roger Ailes are.

Bombshell doubles down on the myth that victims must be perfect to be considered victims.

This superbly acted Faustian tale may inhabit the world of white privilege but it is terrific at unpicking the workplace sexism millions of ordinary women face every day.

It's Bombshell's modus operandi that female leads are continually explaining things to men, but the women-only interactions are the strongest - epitomised by a moment when Gretchen, Megyn and Kayla silently share the same lift.

It's this element of recoil from total sympathy with these harassed women that makes the film intriguing though.

Bombshell is a fine enough movie, one that's entertaining and well-paced when you're watching it but forgettable as soon as you leave the theatre.

...Bombshell isn’t boring, but neither is it as explosive as yesterday’s news&#59; the asides are more stimulating than the main plot, which is too schematic to fully land...

If you’re going to tell the truth, tell the whole truth. But unfortunately, Roach’s feature refuses to, adding to a long list of problems the film already faces.

At its worst, BOMBSHELL mansplains sexual harassment to the very audience that experiences it on a daily basis.

The film does an excellent job of making a group of unlikeable people affable so viewers can root for them-casually trotting out their professional universally approved accomplishments in dialogue, disavowing feminism, showing them as mothers and wives. I