Matthew Turner (17 May 2012)

Hugely enjoyable, frequently funny and luridly fascinating documentary that's utterly riveting from beginning to end.

Shawn Levy (17 May 2012)

It's a titillating yarn told with verve, but it doesn't shed much light on how tabloids create and encourage such stories, nor does it, finally, tell us much about human nature -- other than, perhaps, to illustrate an extreme case of it.

Armond White (06 May 2012)

Evading the issue of what used to be called "yellow journalism," Morris' depraved method prevents us from ever getting out of this swamp.

Philip French (05 May 2012)

It's a bizarre "where are they now?" story of a rather unedifying kind, and one feels ashamed of laughing at this sad exhibitionist.

Roger Moore (04 May 2012)

In Joyce McKinney, Morris has found a fittingly weird and funny muse.

Tim Martain (04 May 2012)

Tabloid is a documentary that proves conclusively that the truth really is stranger than fiction.

Christy Lemire (25 April 2012)

Morris' spirited pacing and the jaunty score from John Kusiak help maintain a tone that's part mocking, part suspenseful.

Tom Clift (25 April 2012)

Tabloid is such a mirthful, fascinating and fantastically entertaining documentary that you can't help but get caught up in all the sordid fun

Louise Keller (17 April 2012)

A scandal involving a beauty queen, sex-in-chains, a religious cult, kidnapping and the tabloids are the ingredients of this bizarre true story that gets more fantastic as it goes along

Ron Wilkinson (17 April 2012)

Errol Morris succeeds against all odds in besting his previous Olympians of quirkiness.

Shaun Munro (09 April 2012)

As with any of Morris' documentaries, Tabloid is thematically rich beyond the bounds of its central focus.

Neil Smith (08 April 2012)

A bizarre coda turns what begins as a playful exposé of the British media's sensationalist excesses into a surreal voyage into a warped mind no reporter could invent.

Dana Stevens (01 April 2012)

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.

Kimberley Jones (31 March 2012)

Morris has found a real character in McKinney, but to what end, I couldn't say.

Fernando F. Croce (31 March 2012)

A lark, maybe, but a truly disturbing work.

Kyle Smith (30 March 2012)

"Tabloid" shows that an oddball lead character and a smirky style do not necessarily add up to a complete movie.

Peter Keough (23 March 2012)

It's all very amusing, but maybe the film's keenest insight into tabloid journalism is Morris's own exploitation of the pitiful, perhaps delusional McKinney.

Travis Johnson (23 March 2012)

Expertly guided by Errol Morris, and featuring a wholly compelling subject, this is a fascinating exploration of truth and memory.

Edward Douglas (17 March 2012)

A far more light-hearted approach than some of Morris' other recent work but just as layered and thorough in terms of getting to the heart of a story and leaving you thinking afterwards.

anthonydavis26 (16 March 2012)

Holding the mirror up, but to what?

This film was reviewed for Cambridge Filk Festival (UK) - 15 to 25September 2011 I was not really of an age to have known about Joy(ce)McKinney at the time that she rose to prominence, but, as the formerMormon who was used in the documentary to explain various thingsremarked, what she said was one thing, what the Mormons said wasanother, and maybe what actually happened fell in the middle somewhere.Be that as it may, it is a curiosity of this subject that The DailyMirror says that (as a result of what happened to Mirror GroupNewspapers) it no longer has much of the evidence showing that sheperformed sexual services (although not intercourse) for money beforemeeting her ideal man, and that Joy herself says that a large amount oforiginal material that proved the contrary was stolen from a vehicle ofhers. She states that the material that the Mirror used at the time wasfaked, whereas its photographer says that he saw the negatives andprints, and the magazines in which the images appeared.Altogether intriguing, though nothing was as significant, for me, asthe account of the cloning in South Korea of five puppies, all withsub-names from their beloved 'parent' Booger, and courtesy of sometissue from his stomach. The practitioner who had performed theprocedure said that he wasn't playing God, because he wasn't creatinglife – well, you could have fooled me, if that's not what those fiveBooger replicas were…!