History Film / Disclosure

* MeaningfulName: The domineering, sex-hungry female boss is named Meredith ''Johnson''.

* FauxAffablyEvil: While her novel counterpart was definitely this, Meredith in the film takes this up a notch as she is portrayed as being quite a bit more calculating and arrogant then in the novel, with less emphasis on her volatile behavior and lack of self-control. Even when she speaks to Tom after she's defeated, she acts this way in the movie rather than her basically crying out loud how she was screwed over unfairly by the people she trusted the most in the novel.

* FauxAffablyEvil: While her novel counterpart was definitely this, Meredith in the film takes this up a notch as she is portrayed as being quite a bit more calculating and arrogant then in the novel, with more emphasis on her volatile behavior and lack of self-control. Even when she speaks to Tom after she's defeated, she acts this way in the movie rather than her basically crying out loud how she was screwed over unfairly by the people she trusted the most in the novel.

* AnAesop: "The only thing you have proven is that a woman in power can be every bit as abusive as a man."

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Tom's actions, demeanor, and treatment after the incident in Meredith's office echo what female victims have been subjected to--he takes a shower afterwards, he has nightmares, is uncomfortable when discussing the incident, his and Meredith's prior relationship is used against him, him going to her office late at night is regarded as expectation of or consent to sexual activity.

* FalseRapeAccusation: Meredith claims that Tom assaulted ''her''. Indeed, had the roles been reversed, she could very well have gone to the police and filed a complaint. [[spoiler: It's all a ploy to try to get him fired from Digicom so she can prevent him from tracing the changes she made on the production line and frame for it.]]

* FilmNoir: While the crimes in the film include [[spoiler:corporate corruption]] (as well as an immoral act in the form of sexual harassment), the content tropes of the style are present in full force--particularly the FemmeFatale, the plot involving false accusations, the series of twists where nothing is as it seems, and the male "sap" set up to take the fall.

* KickedUpstairs: Tom is offered an identical position at the company's Texas office as a means of calming the furor over the lawsuit. He refuses--aside from refusing to be punished when he hasn't done anything wrong, he also knows that the Texas office is due to be closed soon.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler: Stephanie Kaplan, who most of the movie seems to not want to get involved in the scandal, but ultimately turns out to be Tom's mysterious "friend".]] As such, when [[spoiler: she is promoted to VP in Meredith's place,]] Tom is perfectly okay with it.

* StrawFeminist: An interesting InUniverse spin on the trope. When Tom asks a female co-worker if she's on Meredith's side, the woman replies that ''she'' worked her tail off to get where she is--as opposed to Meredith, who the co-worker clearly views as [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey having used sexual manipulation to rise to the top]], ''wrapped in'' feminist trappings. As such, the answer is "no". [[spoiler: Stephanie Kaplan later implies she feels the same way.]]
* TwistEnding: [[spoiler: Turns out the whole "sexual harassment" scandal, however it turned out, was just to put doubt in the minds of everyone when the problems with the new software would be revealed... so Tom could then serve as a convenient scapegoat. To put it short, she sexually harassed him to have a legit to cause of action to falsely accuse him in hopes of having him fired from the company to prevent him from tracing the changes she made on the production line.]]

* {{Yandere}}: Meredith appears to be this at one point, but like everything else, it's an act. [[spoiler: She already planned on getting rid of him from the beginning, to blame him for the changes on the production line.]] Otherwise, her general behavior still seems to mostly fit this.

* DistractedByTheSexy: [[spoiler: It's revealed at near the end of the film that the false accusation charge against Tom was merely a distraction to stall him and prevent him from tracing the sabotage to his production line.]]