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We Need to Talk About Cosby (TV Miniseries)

We Need to Talk About Cosby

2022

W. Kamau Bell

Documentary, Self: Kliph Nesteroff, Doug E. Doug, Gloria Hendry ...

6.8

122

TV Series. Documentary TV Mini-Series (2022). 4 Episodes. Can you separate the art from the artist? Should you even try? While there are many people about whom we could ask those questions, none pose a tougher challenge than Bill Cosby.

	Media	Author	Review
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"[It is] exactly the right documentary for the moment and Bell is clearly the right filmmaker to have crafted it (...) It’s provocative and important stuff."
		Daniel D'Addario Variety	"[It] does an elegant job of setting forth why the entanglement of fame and wrongdoing is especially pernicious in Cosby’s case"
		Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"We need to talk about Cosby because talking about Cosby is talking about all of us. And only pain comes from silence (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Jason Bailey The Playlist	"[It] displays a keen understanding of the psychology of sexual assault (...) 'We Need to Talk About Cosby' justifies the length because of Bell’s intellectual curiosity and journalistic thoroughness"
		David Fear Rolling Stone	"[It] goes deep on the man, the myth, the monster"
		Stephen Robinson AV Club	"An insightful yet sobering examination of how a monster fully infiltrated our cultural DNA."
		Ben Travers IndieWire	"You may not want to talk about Bill Cosby right now. I sure don’t. But we still need to, and Bell’s series provides an accessible, perceptive, and thorough way to move the dialogue forward."
		Ross Bonaime Collider	"A fascinating look at the life of Cosby, the duality of his career, and the immense letdown of being disappointed by 'American’s dad.' But it’s also an integral series in terms of allowing the survivors to tell their own stories"
		Chris Barsanti Slant	"The series firmly but convincingly advances the overwhelming case for Cosby’s guilt. [It] makes a simultaneous and similarly convincing argument about his artistic greatness and racial and cultural significance (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Ethan Anderton SlashFilm	"[It] is more than effective in tackling the transgressions of the once-respected comedian from every possible angle. Bell provides ample context to understand the significance of Cosby's career"
		Chris Bumbray JoBlo	"A compelling series that aims to start some conversations and never pitches itself as being the last word on Cosby (...) Pretty much everyone has something interesting to say"
		Dominic Patten Deadline	"The dialogue out of this narratively refined enterprise never strays from a grounding humanity"
		Lucy Mangan The Guardian	"It is clearly a heartfelt film, but not blinkered (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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