Fresh
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.
William Goss, Film.com
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Tabloid
Overview
One of America's top documentary filmmakers turns his attention to the outrageous and nearly unbelievable story of Joyce McKinney, a former Miss Wyoming beauty queen who gained a great deal of notoriety after being accused of kidnapping a young Mormon missionary, restraining him in chains and raping him in 1977 England. The unbalanced McKinney is extensively interviewed, particularly about her ambition to write a memoir telling her side of the tale.
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Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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
Fresh
Errol Morris is a genius, a gifted documentarian who has made better movies than "Tabloid," but none so entertaining.
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Fresh
"Tabloid" is tantalizing, but like yesterday's headlines, it's a fleeting flirtation.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
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
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