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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireRogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireNowhere in the film is its subject, Cenk Uygur, the founder and main mouthpiece of a YouTube show titled The Young Turks (TYT), called a journalist, but he does function as such, even if his game is commenting on the news rather than doing reportorial spadework.
- 70Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiLos Angeles TimesMartin TsaiUnexpectedly, the film best serves as a cautionary anecdote that epitomizes the mutual apprehension between Internet-age start-ups and establishment media.
- 63Slant MagazineWes GreeneSlant MagazineWes GreeneThe doc is too enamored with Cenk Uygur and his convictions that it hews more closely to being a conventional and one-sided biographical portrait.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreUygur is the fuming, fulminating embodiment of the prophetic movie character Howard Beale from “Network.” He is, indeed, Mad as Hell and he isn’t “going to take it anymore.” But the jury’s out on exactly what he’ll do about that.
- 50The DissolveScott TobiasThe DissolveScott TobiasThere’s a promotional bent to Mad As Hell that whiffs more of branding than rigorous documentary filmmaking.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMad as Hell is far too subjective to take seriously.
- 40TheWrapJames RocchiTheWrapJames RocchiIt comes across less like an actual documentary you would show to a curious audience than a good-job-everyone piece of internal documentation you’d screen at a company party or to potential outside investors.
- 40The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldIt’s a job requirement for a show host like Mr. Uygur to project his personality and beliefs; this filmmaker doesn’t muster a healthy skepticism to match.
- 30Village VoiceChris PackhamVillage VoiceChris PackhamIf Napier hadn't shown up with a camera, Uygur would likely have continued filming himself, because his "firebrand" commentary is only ostensibly about politics; it's mostly about projecting the world onto his own ego and making it Cenk Uygur–shaped.