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26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88TheWrapSteve PondTheWrapSteve PondThe film makes a good case for [Cohn's] legacy being entirely negative, leading to today’s cutthroat, divisive and lie-packed politics. But it also, crucially, makes a case for Cohn being a fascinating subject, a bundle of contradictions in a slick and soulless package.
- 85Film ThreatAnthony Ray BenchFilm ThreatAnthony Ray BenchWhere’s My Roy Cohn? is a great doc that’s a tad aesthetically stale, but it will have a mass appeal even to those unfamiliar with Cohn and uninterested in politics and law.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthySo consistently odious, diabolical and simply anti-humane is Cohn’s lifetime portfolio that you really feel the need of a cold shower afterwards. But this kind of dark brilliance is always fascinating, and the doc is able to trade on this all the way through.
- 80VarietyNick SchagerVarietyNick SchagerA biographical portrait that doubles as an origin story for today’s amoral political landscape, its marriage of incisiveness and timeliness should make it an indie hit this fall.
- 75Slant MagazineChris BarsantiSlant MagazineChris BarsantiThis sharp, to-the-point portrait of the crook, fixer, and right-wing pitbull resists the urge to darkly glamorize him.
- 60The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanWhat this by-the-numbers approach lacks in artistry it makes up for in an avalanche of facts.
- 58IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichWhile erudite, well-researched, and all too relevant ... [the film] is an unilluminating chore to watch, even as it convincingly argues the profound extent to which its subject helped blemish the moral complexion of the modern world.
- 50The A.V. ClubCharles BramescoThe A.V. ClubCharles BramescoTo fully understand Cohn, to see how the larger-than-life force shaping the latter half of the 20th century came to mold the 21st as well, requires a more penetrating approach than Tyrnauer’s easily digested, skin-deep survey.
- 50New York PostJohnny OleksinskiNew York PostJohnny OleksinskiRoy Cohn was way more entertaining than the new documentary about Roy Cohn.