2019
Not Rated
Magnolia Pictures
1 h 37 m

2019
Not Rated
Magnolia Pictures
1 h 37 m

Summary Sex! Gossip! Scandal! For over 60 years, the National Enquirer has pumped out salacious, shocking stories, stretching the limits of journalism and blurring the lines between truth and fiction. Scandalous is the sensational true story of the most infamous tabloid in US history, a wild, probing look at how one newspaper’s prescient grasp o...

Documentary

Directed By: Mark Landsman

2019
Not Rated
Magnolia Pictures
1 h 37 m

2019
Not Rated
Magnolia Pictures
1 h 37 m

Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer

Name: Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-11-15
Duration: 1 min 37 s
Rating: 60
Cast: Ken Auletta, Malcolm Balfour, Carl Bernstein, Tony Brenna, Iain Calder

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews

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TheWrap

Nov 14, 2019

"Scandalous” is a fast-paced documentary, packed with incident and information, as tantalizing as an old issue of the Enquirer itself.

By William Bibbiani FULL REVIEW

Austin Chronicle

Nov 13, 2019

While Scandalous ultimately touches upon the tabloid’s plausible impact on the present-day state of affairs, it’s a killjoy way to begin a movie that’s so engagingly lively.

By Steve Davis FULL REVIEW

Variety

Nov 16, 2019

If anyone out there thinks the National Enquirer is merely harmless entertainment, “Scandalous” give them no shortage of alarming reasons to reconsider.

By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Nov 14, 2019

A look at the infamous paper that emphasizes color over critique, it's a blazingly paced film that entertains and informs, even if many viewers who value journalism will groan as they watch.

By John DeFore FULL REVIEW

Washington Post

Nov 12, 2019

All of these make for engrossing, if hardly untold, tales. But what gives the lurid, titillating — and even, at times, fun — aspects of “Scandalous” a more sober edge are the journalistic implications, best articulated by former Washington Post reporter Bernstein, who calls the Enquirer’s frontal assault on truth and integrity “as corrupt as you can be.”

By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Nov 14, 2019

The various excuses made for The Enquirer’s ethics undermine Landsman’s efforts to portray the paper as splashy, all-American fun.

By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Nov 14, 2019

As pop culture narratives go, “Scandalous” wants to be as colorful and fun as a flip through of the rag itself at the supermarket. But in these truth-challenged times, the jovial tone of “Scandalous” all too often outweighs the judgmental.

By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Nov 15, 2019

Duration 1 h 37 m

Rating Not Rated

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