The Reagan Show
Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: June 30, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayJun 28, 2017
It’s an approach that works well when the audience enjoys the company of this person who’s become a permanent fixture on their TV. But it’s also one that enrages opposing voters, who can only ever see the maddening fakery. Read full review
83
The PlaylistChris BarsantiJun 27, 2017
Satirically tart throughout, The Reagan Show is still a schizoid experience. It mostly wants to dissect the Reaganites’ bread and circuses tactics, but also to present a thumbnail history of his presidency. Both are credibly delivered, but they don’t always necessarily mesh. Read full review
80
VoxAlissa WilkinsonJun 29, 2017
By letting the past speak for itself, The Reagan Show stays both sober and light on its feet. Read full review
80
Time OutJoshua RothkopfJun 28, 2017
An oblique history of ’80s disarmament laden with revealing off-camera asides, The Reagan Show makes the glossy surface profound. It’s the most crucial and unique doc of the moment, apart from the one that’s unfolding on the news every night. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeJun 27, 2017
A documentary composed entirely of vintage source material, letting the era speak for itself and the "Great Communicator" show, oddly, both more and less of himself than intended. Read full review
80
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganJun 27, 2017
Although this doc is slender, it’s also fascinating, playing into nostalgia and current-day politics in equal measure. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireJun 30, 2017
Both Reagan lovers and Reagan haters will find enough in the film to bolster their perspectives. Even more remarkably, it’s almost entirely snark-free. Read full review
75
Slant MagazinePeter GoldbergJun 27, 2017
The documentary is an insightful portrait of the former American president and the world that he shaped. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJun 29, 2017
As a brisk, sobering reminder of — if you’re inclined to think this way — where it all went wrong with image over meaningful policy in politics, The Reagan Show may feel like the doc of the moment. Read full review
50
The New York TimesA.O. ScottJun 29, 2017
Reagan’s legacy remains a live and contentious issue. His name is still routinely invoked, on the left and the right, with reverence and rage. The Reagan Show helps attach a face to the name, but it doesn’t accomplish much more than that. Read full review
40
VarietyOwen GleibermanJul 10, 2017
The Reagan Show, unfortunately, isn’t the movie that it pretends to be. It’s a glib and scattered exposé. Read full review
40
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlJun 28, 2017
Rather than reveal a showman, The Reagan Show in the end imitates one. Read full review
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