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Precise, powerfully performed and boasting a cast to be reckoned with, is a benchmark film for post-#MeToo Hollywood. Charting the real, longstanding stream of sexual abuse at Fox News orchestrated by CEO Roger Ailes (John Lithgow), draws on three women’s stories: news anchors Gretchen Carlsen (Nicole Kidman) and Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron), and Margot Robbie’s Kayla, who embodies the multiple women who fell prey to Ailes. any less compelling or necessary to watch.

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