Duration=109 Min. . Country=Canada. cast=John Lithgow. Writer=Charles Randolph. Biography

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There's certainly an important story to be to!d about the sexual harassment of women in American business, especially, it would appear, in the visual arts. We've recently seen Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein jailed for his abuse of a number of women over whose careers he had varying measures of control. No doubt a movie of his dramatic fall from grace is waiting in the wings, perhaps when he too isn't around anymore.
Here, a similar story is told of another obese, physically repulsive but massively powerful and influential media man, Fox News's Roger Ailes exploiting his position to solicit young women seeking a career in television. Two high-profile blonde (hence the name of the movie I guess) news-anchors, Gretchen Karlsen and Megyn Kelly, both working for the right-leaning network eventually came forward separately to accuse Ailes of harassing them, in the end forcing his resignation, that came to foreshadow the " MeToo" movement which crystalised around Weinstein's slightly later case.
Kelly herself came to particular prominence when Trump made his despicable comments about her "anger-menstruating" when questioning him about previous comments of his about women, which item is mentioned in the film, arguably perhaps attempting to complete a sordid triangle in the process. Karlsen however would appear to have been the main driver against Ailes's abuses with her law-suit against him, with Kelly apparently waiting until she saw evidence of Ailes still continuing the practice, especially with an ambitious new arrival to the network, a composite character improbably named Kayla Pospisil, before she too picks up the gauntlet and adds her telling voice to the accusations.
I however felt that the use of a fictional character in such an important role deeply flawed the movie. Kayla's back-story, which involves her hooking up with a closet lesbian Liberal colleague seemed overly-contrived and wasted valuable screen time too. Ailes had many other accusers who get scant chance here to speak a few lines outlining their own degrading experiences with this man when surely one of their true stories could have replaced the unnecessary fiction.
I found the pacing of the film distracting and also that there were far too many characters milling about in the background, sometimes given name-titles, sometimes not. I don't know how I felt either about Karlsen accepting a 20 million payment from Fox as contrition for Ailes conduct on condition that she sign a confidentiality clause or Kelly keeping quiet for so long before perceived career slights from above seemed to prompt her very belatedly into action. She too received a multi-million dollar settlement from the corporation and yet I found myself thinking of the no doubt thousands of other women probably compromised in far worse ways down the years who even if they won similar cases wouldn't have received a fraction of the sums paid over in these high-profile cases.
As a film, it seemed to me to be underpowered and to lack narrative focus, unnecessarily blurring fact with fiction. Plus I didn't get a great deal from any of the actors even if some of the performances were Oscar nominated.
From its clumsy title on down I felt this film could have dealt with this important topical subject in a tougher, more honest manner. Well meant as the final scene of Kayla's character walking out as Rupert Murdoch praises Ailes with faint damns, it obviously didn't happen and so pointed out the misguided artifice mistakenly used to further what was already a potent argument.

It actually started out like an interesting movie but then Realised it's all political rubbish and completely esoteric, not recommended for a Sit down at the Cinema.

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