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Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

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Filmmaker Alexis Bloom examines the rise and fall of Roger Ailes, the Republican Party booster and controversial Fox News mogul who went down in flames amid multiple sexual harassment allegations.

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Divide & Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes offers an overview of the media mogul's rise and fall that proves as engrossing as it is deeply disturbing.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader 03/11/2020
Director Alexis Bloom reaches back far enough into Ailes's unhappy youth in small-town Ohio to explain both his deep understanding of the heartland and his ruthless abuse of those in his professional orbit. Go to Full Review Peter Travers Rolling Stone 12/13/2018
4/5
A shocking, well-researched and richly observant documentary from Alexis Bloom about the climate of lies and systemic sexual abuse that allowed the bad behavior of Fox News chief Roger Ailes to flourish until his victims said Time's Up. Go to Full Review Alissa Wilkinson Vox 12/08/2018
Divide and Conquer is not content to skim the surface of Ailes's life. Go to Full Review Steven Prokopy Third Coast Review 07/14/2020
3/4
Part cautionary tale, part Citizen Kane-style biography, the film is the perfect telling of how power corrupts the soul and warps the mind to the point where it becomes cliche. Go to Full Review Phil Guie Film-Forward.com 03/25/2019
4/5
As delivered by actor Peter Gerety, who makes Ailes sound cold and downright reptilian at times, the quotes betray a deep-rooted cynicism that his actions reflected. Go to Full Review Peter Sobczynski eFilmCritic.com 02/07/2019
A smart, incisive and sometimes scary look at how we got to this particular place in our history. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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05/30/2020 The movie seems to spend a lot of time praising a manipulative, narcissist, racist with tendencies to abuse women. Amazingly sad how someone so cruel could remain on top for so long. I guess it's just how money is perceived here. The rating is due to the way the "documentary" was put together. See more dave d @RT34924333 09/25/2019 This documentary on Roger Ailes is a fair and balanced look at a man who was a media genius, and also deeply deeply flawed. For a man who is dead and who did so much harm to women, it's amazing that people still appear afraid of talking poorly about him. Instead, documentarian Alexis Bloom takes the facts and lets them sit out for all to see. Final Score: 8.3/10 See more 04/15/2019 Media mogul and monster Roger Ailes goes under the microscope and the sight is scary. See more 03/31/2019 Great movie that shows the true color of Fox News and its slimeball creator Roger Ailes. Hopefully he is burning in his own room of torment in hell. See more 03/31/2019 A fascinating film that exposes how such a powerful man shaped the world we know today. A must see for anyone who is interested in why our current political spectrum is so polarised. This film does not demonise Roger Ailes, like other reviews have stated. Watch it and make up your own mind. Remember the Fox slogan - Fair & Balanced! The average age of a Fox news viewer is 65 years of age. What does that tell you? See more 12/15/2018 Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes may be straightforward and a bit lacking in stylistic direction, but it's a rather necessary look at one man's life to help understand today's politics. See more Read all reviews
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Alexis Bloom

Director

Glenn Beck

Self

Austin Pendleton

Self

Molly Thompson

Executive Producer

Maiken Baird

Executive Producer

Dan Cogan

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Synopsis Filmmaker Alexis Bloom examines the rise and fall of Roger Ailes, the Republican Party booster and controversial Fox News mogul who went down in flames amid multiple sexual harassment allegations.
Director
Alexis Bloom
Producer
Will Cohen, Alexis Bloom
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures
Production Co
Baird Films, A&E IndieFilms, Jigsaw Productions, Impact Partners
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 7, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 8, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$38.0K
Runtime
1h 47m