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Telemarketers (TV Miniseries)

Telemarketers

2023

Sam Lipman-Stern, Adam Bhala Lough

Documentary, Self: Sam Lipman-Stern, Pat Pespas

6.8

217

TV Series. Documentary Follows former telemarketing employees Pat Pespas and Sam Lipman-Stern, two longtime office friends who find themselves hot on the trail of a sobering look at the ugly side of American capitalism and the abuse of customer trust.

	Media	Author	Review
		Ben Travers IndieWire	"A rowdy, eye-opening exposé"
		Judy Berman Time	"[It] is a wild scammer epic—and one of the most exciting docuseries in years"
		Robert Moran Sydney Morning Herald	"The series' greatest strength is its intimacy (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] got me a little angry and outraged, but not as much as I might have hoped, given the topic. However, I laughed a lot"
		Joel Keller Decider	"[It] made us laugh just as much as it made us outraged. We were eager to see just where Lipman-Stern and Pespas go with their mission to expose all charity fundraising companies"
		Casey Epstein-Gross The New York Observer	"A fascinating portrait of a predatory industry, but it's even better as a devoted character study, a warm-blooded testament to friendship, and an antidote to cynical acquiescence"
		Nick Schager The Daily Beast	"[It] is both a damning takedown of the people who ruin your dinner with their phone calls and a heartening story of redemption"
		Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"[It] deserves your time for being that rare bird of documentaries (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Barry Hertz The Globe and Mail	"The cinematic equivalent of a visit from your favourite drunk uncle: wildly entertaining, irrepressibly scuzzy and almost too much to take in one sitting"
		John Anderson The Wall Street Journal	"A scroungy, antic masterpiece"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"Eye-opening HBO doc (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Craig Mathieson The Age	"'Telemarketers' is amusing and occasionally intriguing (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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