
Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
2012, Documentary, 1h 31m
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Evocateur offers so much more, some of it compelling, some of it disturbing and some of it revelatory
August 20, 2015 | 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.
August 20, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
There's no revisionist lionizing here, but plenty of perspective.
August 20, 2015 | Rating: B+ | 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.
October 2, 2013 | Rating: A- | 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.
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Assorted celebrities and Downey's producers offer some insights, but the movie dwells too long on a group of worshipful former audience members.
September 12, 2013 | Full Review…
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Nov 25, 2013Son 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.Greg S Super Reviewer
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