Where's My Roy Cohn?

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Where's My Roy Cohn?

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Released Sep 20, 2019

1h 37m

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Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues.

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It's blunt rather than balanced, but Where's My Roy Cohn? does what it sets out to do, offering a disquieting summary of its subject's life and legacy.

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J. Hoberman

Tablet

However overwrought, Tyrnauer's movie forcefully illustrates Cohn's once cozy relationship with New York's rich, powerful, and privileged, many of them liberals and/or members of the media...

Jun 22, 2020

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

The documentary does a reasonable survey of his faults and foibles, lining up those willing to plunge a knife, but it's neither definitive nor detailed enough to satisfy even a minimum standard of proof.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 4, 2019

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Adam Graham

Detroit News

Tyrnauer tells Cohn's story through interviews with family members and colleagues, and makes it very clear that he's indirectly telling the story of Trump. This exposé of "a personality in disarray" is a two-for-one deal.

Rated: B+

Oct 18, 2019

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Brian T. Carney

Washington Blade

In this excellent documentary, long-form journalist turned documentary filmmaker Matt Tyrnauer profiles Roy Cohn, the closeted gay lawyer who was the mastermind the Lavender Scare of the 1950s...

Dec 7, 2022

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Daniel Howat

Next Best Picture

The documentary does a phenomenal job of letting Cohn speak for himself, showing us how he didn’t really care how evil he seemed. It paints a ruinous portrait of a menacing man and leaves us frightened for how Trump’s story might end.

Rated: 7/10

May 19, 2022

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David Lamble

Bay Area Reporter

Director Matt Tyrnauer once again displays a remarkable ability to rummage around in our country's recent past as if it were an untidy closet, extracting painful mementos.

May 26, 2020

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Audience Member

Watched this on a plane, so I may well have missed some nuance, but this was nonetheless an engaging look at "the guy behind the guy." ...or perhaps many guys.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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david f

A very interesting documentary about a notorious - and notoriously hypocritical - lawyer whose career spanned decades of American history.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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jimi l

this is one of the most sensational looks at a devilish self hating creature who steered the world as we know it to it's current horrific position..ATTACK! DENY! sound familiar?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

THIS MOVIE IS PROPAGANDA. DO NOT WATCH! Its not a very good doc and Its obvious this director goes overboard trying to smear this guy. Yes we all know that he was controversial and ruthless in the court room. Yes He did some bad things. The fact he played a huge part in exposing and eliminating communism in our government and hollywood is made to look like a bad thing when Cohn is actually a hero, We need the same thing today.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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brent m

This hard-hitting documentary about McCarthy Era counsel Roy Cohn presents a rather damning portrait of its subject, one whose relentlessness, determination and drive served his dubious clients well but helped set the US down a path of unbridled greed and self-serving interests that have not only given free rein to the power elite. but have also changed the overall culture for the worse. The film features a wealth of archive footage -- so much so that it almost relies on it a little too much in telling its story -- but its team of analysts helps to balance that, offering colorful and telling commentary about a manipulative puppet master who has left quite a legacy -- and not one that anyone should be proud of.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

should be required viewing for every single person in this country...it's all about what we're about NOW, yikes!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Synopsis

Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues.

Director: Matt Tyrnauer
Producer: Corey Reeser, Marie Brenner
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Sony Pictures Classics, Altimeter Films, Mongrel Media
Rating: PG-13 (Violent Images|Thematic Content|Some Sexual Material)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 20, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 15, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $704.8K
Runtime: 1h 37m

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