Sunday 19 January 2020

Bombshell (2019)

From the very start, this film reminded of the Big Short. It is not as good, but it's pretty damn good.

The story of Fox News female presenters, and the sexual harassment case they brought against their CEO, a story that is not from the 1960s but sickeningly from 2016, blew my mind. How Charlize Theron transformed herself (looks, gait, speech), how Margot Robbie used her face like a canvas to paint so many pictures, how Nicole Kidman walked the line between shrill and sensitive, these women were a marvel to watch. And the story was, as said before, just sickening to watch.

I have reservations about what these Fox News women presented to the world, and what this vile channel and its affiliates continue to present, but my politics aside, these are women who were treated like commodities, and when they finally rose against that, they were almost wiped out.

To think that this happened/happens in this century and in this decade, in this world and in that country, and is not only tolerated but also protected, it is terrifying to think what the women in the rest of the world go through.

Great performances, good film, important to watch.