Mad As Hell
Oscilloscope Laboratories | Release Date: February 6, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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4
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1
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75
RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireFeb 6, 2015
Nowhere 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. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiFeb 5, 2015
Unexpectedly, the film best serves as a cautionary anecdote that epitomizes the mutual apprehension between Internet-age start-ups and establishment media. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 4, 2015
Uygur 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. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineWes GreeneFeb 3, 2015
The doc is too enamored with Cenk Uygur and his convictions that it hews more closely to being a conventional and one-sided biographical portrait. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckFeb 5, 2015
Mad as Hell is far too subjective to take seriously. Read full review
50
The DissolveScott TobiasFeb 3, 2015
There’s a promotional bent to Mad As Hell that whiffs more of branding than rigorous documentary filmmaking. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldFeb 5, 2015
It’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. Read full review
40
TheWrapJames RocchiFeb 5, 2015
It 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. Read full review
30
Village VoiceChris PackhamFeb 3, 2015
If 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. Read full review
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