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Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie Photos

Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (2012)

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Movie Info

In the late 1980s, controversial host Morton Downey Jr. rips apart the traditional talk-show format by turning civilized debate and discussion into aggressive and sometimes-violent confrontation.

Rating:

R (Language|Some Nudity)
Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger
Producer:

Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger
Writer:

Daniel A. Miller
Release Date (Theaters):

Jun 7, 2013 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Nov 15, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA):

$21.5K
Runtime:

1h 31m
Production Co:

Ironbound Films

Cast & Crew

Seth Kramer
Director

Daniel A. Miller
Director

Jeremy Newberger
Director

Daniel A. Miller
Screenwriter

Seth Kramer
Producer

Daniel A. Miller
Producer

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Critic Reviews for Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie

All Critics (33) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (30) | Rotten (3)

Evocateur offers so much more, some of it compelling, some of it disturbing and some of it revelatory

August 20, 2015 | Full Review…

Rick Kogan
Chicago Tribune
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…

David Hinckley
New York Daily News
There's no revisionist lionizing here, but plenty of perspective.

August 20, 2015 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…

Ed Bark
Uncle Barky
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…

Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
The film does an excellent job of showing how hate-TV was molded in the image of snarling, chain-smoking, guest-berating Downey.

October 2, 2013 | Full Review…

Rob Nelson
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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…

Andrea Gronvall
Chicago Reader
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.

October 25, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Craig D. Lindsey
INDY Week
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.

November 21, 2013 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
This documentary probably raises more questions than it answers, but it does give a fair portrait of a very interesting character.

November 19, 2013 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
The film argues that Downey's story is at once banal and outrageous, predictable and (sometimes) surprising.

October 4, 2013 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…

Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters
Without taking his side, "Evocateur" makes us feel genuinely terrible for him.

October 2, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Matt Prigge
Metro
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.

October 2, 2013 | Full Review…

Neil Rosen
NY1-TV

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Audience Reviews for Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie

Nov 25, 2013

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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