I watched this film as a straight white male in exactly the same way I watched the "12 Years A Slave” .... through my fingers, wincing, sighing and cursing all the way till the credits rolled.
The style of this film, which was directed by Jay Roach, owes a lot to films like The Big Short and The Wolf of Wallstreet, all of which involve a lot of fourth wall narrative exposition. It tells the events, scandals, and sexual harassment law suits occurring over at Fox News at the beginning of the century. 
The best thing about this film was the magnificent acting from our leads, Charlize Theron, Margot Robbie and a hugely disgusting portrait of Roger Ailes by John Lithgow. Each one of these actors were transformative in their roles with a big nod to the prosthetics used for John Lithgow and Charlize Theron, who, especially when Charlize is concerned, were unrecognisable. I sense an Oscar coming for Kazu Hiro, head of Hair and Makeup. 
The real stand out performance for me was Margot Robbie’s. Margot had the biggest character arch going from a Fox News fanatic to being hugely influential in bringing down its top “dog.” The scene with Roger Ailes (John Lithgow) where Kayla (Margot) is trying to get a promotion to be on air for Fox News was as spellbinding as it was tortuous to watch. I genuinely felt very ill watching Roger exercise his power to sexually harass and humiliate Kayla but both performances where incredible and very powerful. The scene then outside the bar when Kayla confesses over the phone to "giving into Roger" broke my heart and firmly puts her in the running for best supporting actress this year. Margot's got stiff competition from Florence Pugh and Laura Dern but, what with her stunning performance in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood earlier on in the year I think she's got a fighting chance.
Overall all I give this movie A RATING OF 8.5/10 and before the Oscar results come out go and see this film in the cinema and make your own damn mind up!
I've been Christopher Whitmore, thanks for reading.
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