It's 2015 at Fox News headed by Roger Ailes (John Lithgow). Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron) is the star prime time anchor. Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman) feels that she's being pushed aside. Kayla Pospisil (Margot Robbie) is her ambitious corporate climbing producer.
This is not a movie I'm itching to see. I'm not particularly interested in the inner workings of Fox News. Non of the characters are actually likeable. Gretchen annoys me. Roger is a sleaze as expected. Kayla and her gay friend Jess are not that interesting to me. I don't feel any sympathy for them. The only interesting character study is Megyn Kelly. She has a fascinating journey and her investigating the sexual harassment could have been thrilling. I want more of her family especially her relationship with her husband. It would have been nice to see some of her legal work. She needs to be more than Miss America and a female dog. Her actual personal life is what humanizes her. It would be intriguing to have her as the sole main character. Quite frankly, reducing this to a study of Gretchen and Megyn would be enough to raise the personal power of the characterizations.
This is not a movie I'm itching to see. I'm not particularly interested in the inner workings of Fox News. Non of the characters are actually likeable. Gretchen annoys me. Roger is a sleaze as expected. Kayla and her gay friend Jess are not that interesting to me. I don't feel any sympathy for them. The only interesting character study is Megyn Kelly. She has a fascinating journey and her investigating the sexual harassment could have been thrilling. I want more of her family especially her relationship with her husband. It would have been nice to see some of her legal work. She needs to be more than Miss America and a female dog. Her actual personal life is what humanizes her. It would be intriguing to have her as the sole main character. Quite frankly, reducing this to a study of Gretchen and Megyn would be enough to raise the personal power of the characterizations.