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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 28 Feb 2013

Koch the film makes the point without belaboring it — a mayor and a metropolis linked by tumultuous events in the worst and best of times…

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By Kimberley Jones (866) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 27 Feb 2013

The former mayor is an alert onscreen presence, but the film surrounding him is not always so lively…

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By Kam Williams (1,272) for AALBC.com (174) on 10 Feb 2013

The rise and fall from grace of a good Jewish boy gone bad who ostensibly sold out the Big Apple but never summoned up the courage to come…

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By Rafer Guzman (1,080) for Newsday (2,345) on 07 Feb 2013

Koch is a treasure trove of little moments that illuminate a famously cantankerous, sharp-elbowed, showboating personality…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 06 Feb 2013

As a politico, Ed Koch loved power a little too much…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for Birth.Movies.Death. (774) on 04 Feb 2013

Even if he stomped on your special interest you can't deny that he did it with a sui generis verve that mixed region-specific curmudgeon-ism…

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By Phyllis T (1) on 03 Feb 2013

Koch wasn't perfect but he was a character, and watching this movie while living in NYC today sure makes you appreciate the stuff he got right. R.I.P…

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By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 01 Feb 2013

An enjoyable but not very revelatory tribute that has also become a visual obituary…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 01 Feb 2013

I wish other questions had been asked, and pushed, and a lot more context provided…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 31 Jan 2013

With great good humor…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 31 Jan 2013

Koch ends with the former mayor showing off a typically flamboyant gesture that embodies his contradictions - choosing to be buried in a Christian…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for NPR (1,713) on 31 Jan 2013

Neil Barsky's documentary Koch captures the essence of this very big personality - though if the film were even two minutes longer, it might…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 31 Jan 2013

Like Walt Whitman, another hard-to-classify embodiment of the spirit of New York, he is contradictory and multitudinous…

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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 31 Jan 2013

The politician who almost pathologically asked the question How'm I doin'? clearly never needed a view outside his own…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 30 Jan 2013

Neil Barsky's Koch doesn't try to do anything radical as a piece of filmmaking, but Barsky - a former newspaper reporter - covers Koch's story…

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By Ronnie Scheib (420) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 30 Jan 2013

Barsky wisely includes just enough dissenting voices and admissions of grievous error by Koch himself to prevent the picture from seeming like…

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By Avi Offer (997) for NYC Movie Guru (997) on 29 Jan 2013

A breezy, thoroughly entertaining and balanced doc that sheds light on Ed Koch's panache, wisdom and sense of humor behind the curtain of politics…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 29 Jan 2013

A great look at the history of [New York City] and a pivotal turning point when things changed so drastically…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 29 Jan 2013

A warts-and-all observation of the rise and fall of one of New York City's most controversial Mayors, Neil Barsky's well-paced documentary…

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By Mark R. Leeper (892) for Mark Leeper's Reviews (297) on 29 Jan 2013

While the structure and style of the film are not particularly inventive, the film is a good background on the issues…

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