Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie

  • 2013


MOVIE IS recognizable entertaining fascinating suitably serious
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Positive Reviews 18
Average Rating 3.8/5
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4.0
For a time it did.Downey made himself a recognizable figure in popular culture as the host who blasted his populist patriotism at the top of his lungs .. Ny Daily News
3.1
Sure, Downeys heyday may have been a quarter century ago and the axes he ground either obscured by history or dulled by over exposure.Nevertheless, th .. The Globe And Mail
2.5
Blame it on Mort the Mouth: according to this bewilderingly nostalgic documentary, the current nadir of American public discourse can be traced to Mor .. Chicago Reader
3.5
This documentary probably raises more questions than it answers, but it does give a fair portrait of a very interesting character. Lariat
3.5
The concept album that is Arethas Gold follows the chronology of Aretha Franklins hits, all released in 1967 and 1968, apex years of the decade not ju .. Pop Matters
3.8
The other is how singularly repulsive Downey remains, even after a generation of imitators. News Day
3.5
Had he lived to witness the rise of video on demand, the late, arguably great shock show host Morton Downey Jr. might have appreciated the fact that a .. Star Tribune
4.0
In less than two years, Downey went from being a nobody to being one of the biggest celebrities on TV (and a half serious Republican presidential aspi .. Salon
3.5
But Downeys life story is, in equal measure, fascinating and repulsive enough to make this documentarys tonal tics worth overlooking. Slate
2.5
Not unlike Downey, the doc is full of confused, truncated convictionsmostly driven by a noisy, ADD addled eagerness to entertain. Slant Magazine
3.5
The television premiere of a documentary film makes that point clearly and brings Downey back in all his vivid and loud and cartoonish weirdness. Chicago Tribune
3.5
This entertaining documentary recounts the rise and fall of the legendarily pugnacious and controversial talk show host. Hollywood Reporter
3.8
Still, despite the screaming Valkyries on the soundtrack, Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie is as fair a portrayal the weak chinned warrior will .. Los Angeles Times
3.5
Now Downeys brief but influential moment in the spotlight is the subject of Evocateur, an entertaining, affectionate docu created by three self profes .. Variety
3.8
But it is all, nonetheless, entertaining something Downey would have appreciated. Nj
3.8
Dont miss the closing credits: A suitably trashy (and funny) spoof of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. New York Post
4.5
Right wing commentators will probably fulminate that no one in Evocateur takes Downeys political ideas seriously.I do. Ny Mag
5.0
A riveting biopic about a rich kid turned rabid bully and pathological liar desperate enough for the limelight to sell his soul to the devil. Aalbc It
3.8
Schoonmaker still has the damaged shirt Downey wore at the time, and jokes that he might sell it on eBay someday. Tv Worth Watching
3.8
The documentary Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie comes out of the gate making that oh so obvious connection. Indy Week



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