Bombshell

"Director Jay Roach (Austin Powers) and writer Charles Randolph (The Big Short), expertly deliver a complex exposé of the explicit sexual harassment endured by many women in that icky petri dish of Republican fervour, political propaganda, and patriarchal white tycoonery—Fox News—at the hands of its CEO, Roger Ailes (John Lithgow). Clever editing and seamless collaboration between art, costume and makeup create a riveting behind-enemy-lines watch."

"…a powerful exploration of gender-politics that is bookended by dominant performances from Robbie and Theron."

"Bombshell embellishes on truth but delivers sophisticated #MeToo story."

"Bombshell bills itself as “inspired by actual events”. It just seems it hasn’t wrought much insight from them and it’s only some of the better performances that stop it from being a dud."

"Bombshell is an extraordinarily well acted and more than competently made film. But it misses by miles the raw engagement and visceral gut punch of, say, Spotlight, a film which – I'm picking – the makers of Bombshell would have liked very much to emulate."

"Here's the thing about sexism: It doesn't discriminate. It's an equal opportunity prejudice that cuts across history, culture, political affiliation. "Bombshell" gets this."

"A ferociously entertaining dramatization of how an unlikely group of women exposed and deposed media titan Roger Ailes, it is as harrowing as it is triumphant in its depiction of the way it all came to pass."

"The material is worthy, but this continuing struggle deserves a more nuanced take."

"What keeps the drama taut are the excellent central performances, some sure to shake up the Oscar race."

"One of the most compelling stories of the #MeToo movement is told unflinchingly, empathetically and authentically, with Charlize Theron completely nailing the knotty character of Megyn Kelly."

"It is a strange film in some ways, speckled with powerful, insightful moments but also with some strained acting, pulled punches and fudged attitudes, unable to decide if its heroines are compromised through having been loyal Fox staffers."

"A smart, snappy depiction of the Fox News ogre getting his comeuppance."

"It's easy enough to rip a story from the headlines, but not so easy to make it stick. "Bombshell" has a finely textured, savagely pinpoint, you-are-there verisimilitude..."