This is vintage Morris in so many satisfying ways while also feeling like he's always reaching for new heights of profundity. It's got it all: characters too off-the-wall to be believed, a puzzling multi-layered mystery where objectivity gets derailed early on, and cloned puppies. And in the face of this crazy circus the film still feels honest, at least as far as people can allow themselves to be. It's the kind of great work to be expected from a master documentarian.

Probably could have worked just as well as a This American Life episode, but I guess then I'd have to google all the nudie pics

A strange tale, told from different perspectives. Well done.

Man, this movie is so much fun. Perhaps Morris's best, the only other rival being Fog of War. Just...well, I'd best not give anything away. It's so good.

This is perhaps the most entertaining film of the year. It’s easily one of the funniest and wildest documentaries I have ever seen and the best one I have seen so far in 2011. Errol Morris is a master at his craft. He has made films that are far more intellectual; ones that are steeped in political importance, but he’s never made a film that has been so downright entertaining.

All those interviewed in Tabloid -- McKinney included -- bring to mind the image of pigs feeding at the trough, such is the level of adoration and involvement they have in a lurid, sensationalised story. Morris's sense of style is almost redemptive, but not only does he fail to make these talking heads tolerable, he offers up only the most base conclusions about tabloid over-indulgence and willing exploitation of personal infamy. You go in with contempt, you leave with contempt. Big whoop.

Morris effectively presents this multi-faceted tale as a he said, she said. For Morris in recent years, his films are often concerned with the slippery nature of truth, and Tabloid is no exception. That said, the film misses an opportunity to really dig into the media's role in this story, leaving the title as a bit of a misnomer.

Interesting and entertaining account ofJoyce McKinney. Strange.

People telling a story can be very boring. But this story is so over the top and so entertaining. It becomes weirder and weirder as it progresses. Who was telling the truth and who wasn't..? Eh, what the fuck?

At some point I started realizing that I was watching a real life Stephen King character (a la Annie Wilkes from *Misery*--with kidnapping and a *Pet Semetary* twist to boot!) I can understand the reason Morris would be interested in McKinney--as her story is really the perfect tabloid fodder. However, I'm just not interested in this short of thing, hence the relatively low-rating.

This is a great story, often hilarious, and Morris does it justice.

Morris makes the most of his material. The story is, a bit banal, but Morris craftsmanship keeps it afloat - and he does it so in such fashion, that sweeps you of your feet.

"The truth is an ever elusive concept, especially in the films of Errol Morris." - Andrew Schenker

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

twisty-turny errol morris doc best seen with as little foreknowledge as possible

Probably Morris's most strictly entertaining film. Everything from Mormon sex slaves to cloned puppies!

A bit light for Morris, who's had better success focusing on war criminals and profiteers in recent years, but it's a bizarre tale well-told and it's never boring.

A great documentary filmmaker can take the sleaziest, most obnoxious piece of media gossip, something I for one would never give attention, and transform it into something human, genuinely intriguing and thought-provoking. This is what Errol Morris shows with Tabloid.

A fascinating tale told through interviews and clever editing. Truth may be stranger than fiction, but how many versions of the truth are there?

Eh. To its credit, it leaves almost all questions open for you to figure out what is what, but I just don't care much about any of it.

It jumps across three entirely separate issues tied together by means of a single person...but it doesn't really delve too deeply into any one, or make any greater statements about sex or identity. But it is pretty entertaining!

Would have liked to know a little more of the details (Like where she got all her money from.), but other than that it was well worth the watch! Also props for the completely unbiased way it was produced.

Morris has really mastered the genre. He looks for the bizzare and interesting, and turns it to something both enjoyable and thought-provoking.

My first Morris film and I was overly entertained. It's a great story, and Morris keeps it nice and simple with a handful of interviews, pictures and filmclips from other contexts, edited together - or rather knit together - in a rhythmic way that makes time go fast. And how great are those characters? Morris makes all their best features come to the surface, presented so it's always laughable. Tabloid greatly secures diversity in its story covery, reflecting media's incapability of just that.