Mad As Hell
Comedy, Documentary
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2014
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MAD AS HELL follows Cenk Uygur's transformation from unknown talk show host on local Public Access TV to an internet sensation with his online news show "The Young Turks," which has amassed over one billion views on YouTube. Once Cenk ventures from the internet into national television and lands the 6 PM time slot on MSNBC, his uncensored brand of journalism is compromised and Cenk becomes the nexus in the battle between new and old media.
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Cast:
Same Director
Details
Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
80 min
Release date:
29 Apr 2014
Country:
US
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
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.
– Nicolas Rapold,
New York Times,
5 Feb 2015
fresh:
Unexpectedly, the film best serves as a cautionary anecdote that epitomizes the mutual apprehension between Internet-age start-ups and establishment media.
– Martin Tsai,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb 2015
rotten:
Everything about YouTube political pundit Cenk Uygur is big: his opinions, his hand gestures, his eye rolls and, of course, his ego.
– Amy Nicholson,
L.A. Weekly,
5 Feb 2015
rotten:
A documentary with a paralyzingly narrow focus, and one whose bigger question - What is happening to the news as we know it in this age of fractured and freewheeling media?- is shunned in favor of a simpler one: Doesn't Cenk Uygur seem like a great guy?
– James Rocchi,
TheWrap,
4 Feb 2015
rotten:
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.
– Chris Packham,
Village Voice,
3 Feb 2015