Bombshell
Reception

Bombshell (2019)

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6.9
5 platform(s) · 7 ratings 186,144 votes
7.2/10 45,540 votes Synced 2026-08-05
6.8/10 137,133 votes Synced 2026-08-20
Audience 6.2/10 203 votes Synced 2026-07-19
Critics 6.4/10 Synced 2026-07-19
Audience 8.4/10 Synced 2026-07-18
Critics 6.7/10 Synced 2026-07-18
6.8/10 3,268 votes Synced 2026-09-14

External reviews

Kim Hughes · Original-Cin 83.00/100.00

Bombshell is recommended; it’s a fun watch, often surprisingly funny, and snappily directed by Jay Roach (Trumbo, Dinner for Schmucks). Plus, it’s always entertaining to see actors summon well-known real people in a persuasive way. But given what it is and the climate it’s arriving into, it could have been so much more.

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Peter Travers · Rolling Stone 80.00/100.00

An explosive piece of entertainment that also means to make a difference. Listen up.

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Lorry Kikta · Film Threat 80.00/100.00

It’s impressive that Bombshell is able to discuss all the issues at hand all at once.

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Kenneth Turan · Los Angeles Times 80.00/100.00

It is as harrowing as it is triumphant in its depiction of the way it all came to pass.

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Mick LaSalle · San Francisco Chronicle 100.00/100.00

A superb drama about sexual harassment at Fox News.

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Terri White · Empire 80.00/100.00

One of the most compelling stories of the #MeToo movement is told unflinchingly, empathetically and authentically, with Charlize Theron completely nailing the knotty character of Megyn Kelly.

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Owen Gleiberman · Variety 90.00/100.00

Bombshell is a scalding and powerful movie about what selling, in America, has become. The film is about selling sex, selling a candidate, selling yourself, selling the truth. And about how at Fox News all those things came together.

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Kate Stables · Total Film 80.00/100.00

Theron is gobsmackingly good as the real-life screen queen determined to unearth the victims of Fox News’ most powerful predator.

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Todd McCarthy · The Hollywood Reporter 80.00/100.00

The actors throw themselves into their roles with terrific zeal, enlivened by the often blunt dialogue and the issues at stake.

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Leah Greenblatt · Entertainment Weekly 83.00/100.00

Bombshell belongs to its three main female stars. It’s their fierce, finely shaded performances that transcend the film’s drab visual style and drier episodic moments — not just by speaking truth to power, but by confronting the audience’s own ideas of who the right to do that belongs to.

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