Bombshell (2019 film)

Bombshell
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJay Roach
Written byCharles Randolph
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBarry Ackroyd
Edited byJon Poll
Music byTheodore Shapiro
Production
companies
Distributed byLionsgate
Release date
  • December 13, 2019 (2019-12-13) (United States)
Running time
109 minutes[1]
CountriesUnited States
Canada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$32 million[2]
Box office$61.4 million[3][4]

Bombshell is a 2019 American biographical drama film directed by Jay Roach and written by Charles Randolph. The film stars Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Margot Robbie, and is based on the accounts of the women at Fox News who set out to expose CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment. John Lithgow, Kate McKinnon, Connie Britton, Malcolm McDowell, and Allison Janney appear in supporting roles.

Bombshell was released in December 13, 2019. The film's box office results were seen as disappointing, but it received mostly positive reviews. It garnered praise for its acting as well as its choices of makeup and hair, which won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, while earning some criticism of the screenplay and inaccuracies in the plot and character portrayals.

  1. ^ "Bombshell". Lionsgate. Archived from the original on October 12, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  2. ^ Keegan, Rebecca (December 5, 2019). "Making of 'Bombshell': How Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie Re-Created the "Pervasive Paranoia" of Roger Ailes's Fox News". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 8, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
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