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34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanAt 88 minutes, Tabloid is short and sweet (it's pure movie candy), but by the end we've forged an emotional connection to Joyce McKinney at the deep core of her unapologetic fearless/nutty valor. And that's what really makes a great tabloid story: It's a vortex that's also a mirror.
- 91The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasMcKinney may well be a madwoman, but Morris connects so deeply to her obsessions that the film's tone never seems exploitative or mocking.
- 80Boxoffice MagazineSara Maria VizcarrondoBoxoffice MagazineSara Maria VizcarrondoGripping, offensive and bewildering, Tabloid is a mean-spirited masterpiece.
- 75Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSlant MagazineAndrew SchenkerA slick, entertaining offering, playing at times like a tarted up "E! True Hollywood Story."
- 70The Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberThe Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberMorris clearly invested so much time and energy in McKinney's story because he saw her as emblematic of our crazed times. Others might wonder whether the sad saga deserves quite this much attention, but there's no denying the film's morbid fascination.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinTabloid is candy for voyeurs. We laugh like mad at a nut whose only mistake was being born in the last century, too early to have made real money.
- 70Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanAbsurd as it sounds, Joyce's conviction is not only convincing but contagious. So, too, is her elastic sense of reality - a 90-minute immersion in her world is enough to make you question your own.
- 60Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichUnlike a great Morris film such as "Gates of Heaven" or "Mr. Death," where the quirks of character feel connected to a larger, profoundly insightful vision of humanity, Tabloid never gets beyond its idiosyncratic surface.