The 50 Year Argument
HBO | Release Date: September 29, 2014
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
80
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Entertainment WeeklyClark CollisSep 26, 2014
Season 1 Review: If the result is less rock & roll, both literally and metaphorically, than the director's films about the Band and Bob Dylan, it features an impressive list of interviewees, including Joan Didion and Michael Chabon. Read full review
80
Washington PostHank StueverSep 29, 2014
Season 1 Review: Scorsese (with Tedeschi’s help) has found a more worthy sweet spot between introducing viewers to a whole other world and simply making film tributes to people he knows and likes. Read full review
80
The New York TimesMike HaleSep 29, 2014
Season 1 Review: The 50 Year Argument, which Mr. Scorsese directed with David Tedeschi, is textured and smart but thoroughly celebratory, a paean to the magazine and the amazingly durable Mr. Silvers, now 84. Read full review
80
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoSep 26, 2014
Season 1 Review: Scorsese and Tedeschi’s film is more than a traditional non-fiction document of what happened in the intellectual circles that inspired and were inspired by The New York Review, but a relevant, vital film about the importance of journalism and commentary. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineChuck BowenSep 26, 2014
Season 1 Review: The 50 Year Argument resembles a reader-centric Behind the Music only on the surface; underneath, Scorsese and Tedeschi have fashioned an American cultural hall of mirrors that speaks of the chaotic exhilaration of fostering discourse that might initiate real social engagement. If that's naïve, screw it: This pop culture could use more of Scorsese's naïveté. Read full review
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