Though the events Tabloid recounts took place in the pre-digital age, the film also functions as a kind of prehistory of modern celebrity culture and tabloid journalism.
– Dana Stevens,
Slate,
28 Jul 2011
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"Tabloid" is tantalizing, but like yesterday's headlines, it's a fleeting flirtation.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
5 Aug 2011
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Errol Morris is a genius, a gifted documentarian who has made better movies than "Tabloid," but none so entertaining.
– Bill Goodykoontz,
Arizona Republic,
11 Aug 2011
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This is a lighter, less significant work than his 'Standard Operating Procedure' or 'The Fog of War', but it's engrossing and pleasingly slippery with the facts.
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out,
8 Nov 2011
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Operates as both an examination of the dominating media mentality at the time and an embodiment of it, no less keen on delving into the juicy details now as tabloid rags were then.