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Cover-Up Review (2025) — 85% Celluloid Score

Directed by Mark Obenhaus · 2025 ·

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Answer Summary

Cover-Up (2025) earns a 85% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics (98%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (85%).

Quick Verdict

Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, Letterboxd, IMDb). See how we calculate scores.

85%
Celluloid Score Recommended

Five-source breakdown

98% Critic Score
85% Audience
86 Metascore
★★★★☆ Letterboxd 4
7.5 IMDb /10
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Runtime
2h 55m
Cast
Seymour Hersh

Why this score?

  • Strong critic approval (98% positive).
  • General viewers mostly liked it (85%).
  • Metascore signals universal acclaim (86/100).
  • Letterboxd diarists rate it highly (4/5).
  • Celluloid Score 85% averages all five public rating sources — our own composite, not a third-party trademark score.

Best for

  • Viewers who want a well-regarded documentary pick
  • Epic-length viewers who want a big-screen experience
  • Critics' darlings — stronger with reviewers than general viewers

Not ideal for

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    Is Cover-Up worth watching?

    Yes — Cover-Up earns a 85% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

    Critics Consensus

    Tracing Seymour Hersh's decades of unwelcome scoops, this profile is at its best when it lets its prickly subject explain his own methods, doubling as a sharp case study in why dogged reporting matters.

    Celluloid Critics Consensus

    Critics (98%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (85%).

    What is Cover-Up about?

    Cover-Up is a political thriller that traces the explosive career of Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh. Urgent and deeply reported, Cover-Up is both a...

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