Before entire networks were built on populist personalities; before reality morphed into a TV genre; the masses fixated on a single, sociopathic star: controversial talk-show host Morton Downey, Jr. In the late '80s, Downey tore apart the traditional talk format by turning debate of current issues into a gladiator pit. His blow-smoke-in-your-face style drew a rabid cult following, but also the title "Father of Trash Television." ÉVOCATEUR: THE MORTON DOWNEY JR. MOVIE dissects the mind and motivation of television's most notorious agitator. (c) MagnoliaMovie Title : Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
Release Date : Jun 7, 2013 Limited Genre Movie :Documentary,Special Interest
Actors :Morton Downey Jr,Herman Cain,Pat Buchanan,Chris Elliott,Gloria Allred,Sally Jessy Raphael,Alan M. Dershowitz,Curtis Sliwa,Richard Bey,Al Sharpton,Alan Dershowitz,Glenn Beck,Michele Bachmann,Victoria JacksonMpaa Rating : R
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Review For Movie Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie
This sharp documentary tribute to Downey's bug-eyed, fulminating charisma - he was like a Nixon who'd let out his id - reveals the demons that drove him to fame, then dragged him down.Owen Gleiberman-Entertainment Weekly
The film does an excellent job of showing how hate-TV was molded in the image of snarling, chain-smoking, guest-berating Downey.
Rob Nelson-Minneapolis Star Tribune
Assorted celebrities and Downey's producers offer some insights, but the movie dwells too long on a group of worshipful former audience members.
Andrea Gronvall-Chicago Reader
Évocateur is never less than watchable. At the same time, you have to wonder who's going to watch it.
James Adams-Globe and Mail
The movie, made by three former teenage fans of the show, is an odd mixture of admiration and repulsion; even his friends and former producers, interviewed for the camera, seemed mixed in their feelings for him.
Moira MacDonald-Seattle Times
Friends and former colleagues address the lingering question of whether Downey was being sincere or engaging in an elaborate form of performance art. (The answer: By the end of the show's run, Downey himself could scarcely tell the difference anymore.)
Scott Foundas-Variety
The portrait of the controversial media figure, a love him or hate him type, is good enough to give us a somewhat fair portrait, considering the three directors were once fanboys.
Dennis Schwartz-Ozus' World Movie Reviews
This documentary probably raises more questions than it answers, but it does give a fair portrait of a very interesting character.
Robert Roten-Laramie Movie Scope
The film argues that Downey's story is at once banal and outrageous, predictable and (sometimes) surprising.
Cynthia Fuchs-PopMatters
Without taking his side, "Evocateur" makes us feel genuinely terrible for him.
Matt Prigge-Metro News
Using archival footage, including what appears to be home movies, a fascinating picture is painted of this obnoxious opportunist who, in his own way, changed the face of television.
Neil Rosen-NY1-TV
Evocateur is an excellent effort that tries to make sense of a complicated person. It's both highly complimentary and critical, the kind of balanced overview Downey rarely gave those who came under this show business spell.
Bill Gibron-EntertainmentTell
Chronicles the clamorous rise and fall of its mouthy subject in an engaging and entertaining fashion that also rather purposefully induces a certain queasiness.
Brent Simon-Shockya.com
A riveting biopic about a rich kid-turned-rabid bully and pathological liar desperate enough for the limelight to sell his soul to the devil.
Kam Williams-Sly Fox
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