What is the Metascore for Cover-Up?

Cover-Up has a Metascore of 86 out of 100 on Celluloid.

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

Item: Cover-Up
Rating: 4.5
Author: Kaiser Khan

Directed by Mark Obenhaus · 2025 · Last reviewed August 26, 2026

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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

Calculated from 4 available inputs: Celluloid editorial rating, Metascore, Letterboxd and IMDb. Audience sentiment is shown separately and never changes the composite. See how we calculate scores.

85%

Celluloid Score Recommended

4-input transparent breakdown

98% Editorial Rating

85% Audience snapshot · excluded

86 Metascore

★★★★☆ Letterboxd 4

7.5 IMDb /10

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Runtime: 2h 55m
Cast: Seymour Hersh
Streaming: Netflix
Country: United States
Language: English

Official theatrical poster for Cover-Up (2025)

Netflix

Where to watch

Netflix

Where to watch Cover-Up by country

Country	Streaming on
India	Netflix
Indonesia	Netflix
Japan	Netflix
Malaysia	Netflix
Nigeria	Netflix
Pakistan	Netflix
Philippines	Netflix
South Africa	Netflix
South Korea	Netflix
Thailand	Netflix
Turkey	Netflix
United Arab Emirates	Netflix
United Kingdom	Netflix
United States	Netflix

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Why this score?

Celluloid's editorial rating is exceptional (98/100).
General viewers mostly liked it (85%).
Metascore signals universal acclaim (86/100).
Letterboxd diarists rate it highly (4/5).
Celluloid Score 85% combines 4 verified rating inputs; audience sentiment is shown separately.

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.

Celluloid Verdict

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 editorial verdict

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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Critic Reviews

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Cover-Up Review: Seymour Hersh and the Moral Architecture of Investigative Journalism

★★★★½ 4.5/5

Mark Obenhaus traces Seymour Hersh's decades of unwelcome scoops in a documentary that doubles as a masterclass in why dogged reporting still matters.

Essential for anyone who cares about truth in an age of noise.

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