BOMBSHELL Blu-ray

This movies is in my top 10. Everyone did a great job portraying the story and great script in my opinion. If you love good true stories or based on true events this is good. Got me hooked in from the very beginning. Glad I got to add it to my collection. And it came in great condition. Sealed in plastic and nothing was broken.

Worked perfectly, enjoyed the cast.

The movie is largely, and mostly, about the chain of events that took down Roger Ailes (played wonderfully by John Lithgow), centered around the lawsuit filed by Gretchen Carlson (played by Nicole Kidman). The main character of the movie, however, is clearly Megyn Kelly (played by Charlize Theron who, like Lithgow was in a ton of prosthetics and did really look and sound like Megyn Kelly). It is focused around her life during and after the feud with trump, and her trying to decide whether to come forward with her own allegations against Ailes. The plot is based on true, very newsworthy events, but conversations were very much fictionalized (which the movie says is the case at the beginning, so it was not trying to fool anyone). It was not trying at all to be a documentary-like depiction of that went on. It also touched on the allegations against Bill O'Reilly but did not make that a focus of the movie. Where I do think the movie is open to criticism is that it made it look like nearly all the males at Fox were harassing the female employees and that they were all lusting after Kelly. And, that all the women who did not join the lawsuit were somehow covering up what was going on. Plus, the movie definitely took a lot of potshots at Fox News and to some extent, its viewers. Now, I am in no way, shape, or form, a fan of or agree politically with, the majority of the Fox News personalities or their viewers, but I do not think the shots were needed to tell the story the movie was telling. The story could easily have stood alone as it was, keeping the political barbs out of it. I am sure anyone watching the movie could tell by the makeup of the cast that the vast majority of those working on the movie are no fans of Fox News, but this was not the kind of story that needed to make that explicit. With those provisos aside, I do think that the other parts of the story were well written and acted, and all the leads, including Margot Robbie, who played a fictional character that was created from the accounts of a combination of women who worked at Fox, played their parts well. For those who get the Blu-ray disc, there are a ton of behind-the-scenes and bonus material. There are about an hour and a half worth of featurettes which can be played individually, or all at one time. Then, the theatrical trailer (but not the better teaser trailer) is included as well. A lot there if you are one of those who like going through the bonus material. Overall, I think it is a good movie, that tells a very necessary story in this day and age, but is not without its flaws. Unfortunately, who likes or dislikes the movie may likely break down to their political leanings. That said, I do think it is worth checking out.

I do not understand the negative reviews. This film is interesting, well done, and has an excellent cast. Charlize Theron is especially good and makes Megyn Kelly much more likable and principled than she is in real life. The kind of sexism that still goes on at Fox needs to be exposed. Roger Ailes may be gone but the crotch cam lives on!

This movie should have concentrated on the poignant topic of sexual assault which it is clear the CEO of that major news outlet committed (from civil preponderance of the evidence). The producers just couldn't help themselves from injecting all kinds other liberal political issues. These sub-plot lines really did detract from making this a hard-hitting piece for the topic of sexual assault and harassment. IMHO the acting was also not up to par from several of the supporting actors for a film that received 3 academy award nominations. I found the film entertaining but also distracting - and it did fail to hit hard on point as it should have.

This movie is fantastic and superbly acted! Based on a true story. Definitely worth the watch!

Excellent movie , even if you don't like Fox News . I love all the female actresses in this movie . So I bought it .

We stayed engaged throughout the movie and did not find it to be slow. I'm glad I bought it and will watch it again. Theron and Kidman were outstanding. And the makeup on Ailes (Lithgow) was amazing. Terrific story.