‘Bombshell’

Eminently watchable as the toxic, sexist environment of Fox News created at the top by head honcho, Roger Ailes (an almost unrecognisable John Lithgow), is confronted and dealt a resounding body-blow by senior female anchors.

But as a film it’s all a little too fractured as real life TV personalities Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron) and Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman) front the campaign yet barely spend a moment together on screen. It’s left to (the fictional) Margot Robbie as the ambitious ‘new girl’ to pull the many strands together into a single narrative.

Theron and Robbie are excellent whilst Kidman is left with too little to do – an indicator that the film is superficially overpacked. A little more time outside of Fox News would have paid huge dividends.

Nominated for 3 Oscars in 2020 (best actress – Charlize Theron, supporting actress – Margot Robbie), won 1 – make up.

Rating: 61%

Director: Jay Roach (Trumbo, Meet the Parents)

Writer: Charles Randolph (The Big Short, The Life of David Gale)

Main cast: Charlize Theron (Monster, Atomic Blonde), Margot Robbie (I Tonya, Suicide Squad), Nicole Kidman (Boy Erased, The Hours)