41
HBO | Release Date: June 14, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
NewsdayVerne GayJun 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: Yes, indeed, a love letter this is, but 41 is better than rank puffery because it also takes the full measure of Bush. Read full review
70
The New York TimesAlessandra StanleyJun 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: The documentary doesn't pretend to be anything other than a homage to a good man who served his country well in war and peace. Read full review
60
VarietyBrian LowryJun 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: Producer/director/co-writer Jeffrey Roth spent extensive time with the man and endeavors to humanize him, but ultimately delivers a film long on biography and short on insight. Read full review
60
Washington PostHank StueverJun 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: The result is a gentle, respectful and thorough biography that is 100 minutes of no news and no fresh insights. Read full review
60
Boston GlobeMark FeeneyJun 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: 41 is less an example of close and personal than up-close and fawning. Read full review
50
Uncle BarkyEd BarkJun 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: So hard-hitting it's not. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyJun 14, 2012
Season 1 Review: Picking up a copy of the Washington Post from any day in his presidency would likely provide more insight into the man who led the Free World when the Berlin Wall fell and later launched the first Gulf War. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandJun 13, 2012
Season 1 Review: A puffy documentary by Jeffrey Roth about President George H.W. Bush that ends up being a boring and uninformative disservice to the former president. Read full review
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