I felt this was really well written and performed and that it gave a fascinating insider view of life at Fox in general and the lawsuit that was Ailes’ downfall in particular.. It has a very starry cast and I had the sense that it was all pretty true and that little of significance or importance had been changed - but obviously I am no expert.
I liked the to-camera moments, particularly from Megyn Kelly at the start which gave a vivid picture of the driven and toxic atmosphere at Fox. Lithgow was effectively repulsive and finally, rather pathetic as Ailes and a brief cameo from Malcolm McDowell as Rupert Murdoch was brilliantly and chillingly effective in giving us a very clear snapshot of his ruthless eye on the ball at all times. The trouble is all the characters were, in their way fascinating, particularly the stream of Fox fixtures who came and went on the screen - necessarily briefly.
Like Murdoch, it kept its eye firmly on the main story and di not allow itself to be distracted, fascinating though that may have been. But finally perhaps the most telling point was that made in the last shots where the amount that Fox paid off Ailes (and Bill O’Reilly, although he was barely mentioned; I wonder if that was because he is still alive and Ailes had died by the time the film was made.) was markedly in excess of the total amount paid to the large number of women who initiated the lawsuit.