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Evocateur offers so much more, some of it compelling, some of it disturbing and some of it revelatory Aug 20, 2015 | Full Review…
Evocateur offers so much more, some of it compelling, some of it disturbing and some of it revelatory
Rick Kogan
A new documentary on the late trash-talking TV host Morton Downey Jr. suggests he might have been putting one over on both the world and himself. Aug 20, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A new documentary on the late trash-talking TV host Morton Downey Jr. suggests he might have been putting one over on both the world and himself.
David Hinckley
There's no revisionist lionizing here, but plenty of perspective. Aug 20, 2015 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
There's no revisionist lionizing here, but plenty of perspective.
Ed Bark
This sharp documentary tribute to Downey's bug-eyed, fulminating charisma - he was like a Nixon who'd let out his id - reveals the demons that drove him to fame, then dragged him down. Oct 2, 2013 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
This sharp documentary tribute to Downey's bug-eyed, fulminating charisma - he was like a Nixon who'd let out his id - reveals the demons that drove him to fame, then dragged him down.
Owen Gleiberman
The film does an excellent job of showing how hate-TV was molded in the image of snarling, chain-smoking, guest-berating Downey. Oct 2, 2013 | Full Review…
The film does an excellent job of showing how hate-TV was molded in the image of snarling, chain-smoking, guest-berating Downey.
Rob Nelson
Assorted celebrities and Downey's producers offer some insights, but the movie dwells too long on a group of worshipful former audience members. Sep 12, 2013 | Full Review…
Assorted celebrities and Downey's producers offer some insights, but the movie dwells too long on a group of worshipful former audience members.
Andrea Gronvall
He was the perfect by-product of the Reagan era and, as Evocateur reminds us, someone rabid, right-wing broadcasters should gratefully praise every day of their lives. Oct 24, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
He was the perfect by-product of the Reagan era and, as Evocateur reminds us, someone rabid, right-wing broadcasters should gratefully praise every day of their lives.
Craig D. Lindsey
The portrait of the controversial media figure, a love him or hate him type, is good enough to give us a somewhat fair portrait, considering the three directors were once fanboys. Nov 21, 2013 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
The portrait of the controversial media figure, a love him or hate him type, is good enough to give us a somewhat fair portrait, considering the three directors were once fanboys.
Dennis Schwartz
This documentary probably raises more questions than it answers, but it does give a fair portrait of a very interesting character. Nov 19, 2013 | Rating: B | Full Review…
This documentary probably raises more questions than it answers, but it does give a fair portrait of a very interesting character.
Robert Roten
The film argues that Downey's story is at once banal and outrageous, predictable and (sometimes) surprising. Oct 4, 2013 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
The film argues that Downey's story is at once banal and outrageous, predictable and (sometimes) surprising.
Cynthia Fuchs
Without taking his side, "Evocateur" makes us feel genuinely terrible for him. Oct 2, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Without taking his side, "Evocateur" makes us feel genuinely terrible for him.
Matt Prigge
Using archival footage, including what appears to be home movies, a fascinating picture is painted of this obnoxious opportunist who, in his own way, changed the face of television. Oct 2, 2013 | Full Review…
Using archival footage, including what appears to be home movies, a fascinating picture is painted of this obnoxious opportunist who, in his own way, changed the face of television.
Neil Rosen
Son of a successful Irish tenor, Morton Downey, Jr. fails at music but briefly finds notoriety as the "father of trash television" when he reinvents himself an angry, chain-smoking talk show bully. 15 unpleasant minutes of fame are stretched to 90 minutes; the takeaway message is, Downey was a jerk.
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