Jack Fleischer Battleship Pretension Mar 24, 2021

Page One doesn't claim answers, but it does shine a new light into an old institution, and it will have people picking up newspapers, at the very least to determine if they're institutions worth fighting for.

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Jim Ross TAKE ONE Magazine Feb 13, 2020

...a fascinating and far-reaching documentary about where traditional media belong in the digital age.

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Ellie Lucas From the Front Row Aug 5, 2019 3/4

It is a snapshot of a very specific place and time, an engaging look at a changing world and an industry struggling to keep up.

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Kelly Jane Torrance Washington Examiner Jan 8, 2019 2/5

The disjointed doc doesn't deliver on its promise to show us its "unprecedented access" to the newsroom, either.

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Patrick Gamble CineVue Dec 1, 2018 3/5

Carr brings an intoxicating degree of wit and honesty to the documentary. His professional integrity and genuine belief in the paper are what truly draws the audience into the film.

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Eleanor Ringel Cater Saporta Report (Atlanta) Aug 25, 2017

As the film preened and poked around, something in me kept shouting, "stop press." Or maybe just, "stop."

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Sean Burns Philadelphia Weekly May 3, 2015

Page One is always about at least six subjects at once, firing like a scatter-gun and only occasionally hitting its targets.

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Louis Proyect rec.arts.movies.reviews Nov 28, 2014

Worth watching even if it fails to deal with the paper's troubled relationship to the power elite that effectively makes it our Pravda.

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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Oct 12, 2012 2/4

...a sporadically intriguing yet hopelessly unfocused documentary...

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Simon Weaving Screenwize Apr 3, 2012 4/5

Although Rossi's style is a little unruly - flitting from story to story and desk to desk without any particular emphasis - it's a fascinating and privileged insight into an industry in turmoil

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Jon Frosch France24 Jan 18, 2012

A consistently engaging documentary that's paced like a thriller and spiced up by a few colourful characters worthy of fiction.

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Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope Nov 23, 2011 B

This is a thought-provoking film for those interested in journalism.

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Nicola Balkind The Skinny Nov 9, 2011 3/5

In a culture where information is perceived to be free, we may be closer to learning the cost of losing the New York Times.

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Eric Melin Scene-Stealers.com Oct 27, 2011 3/4

Page One is a pretty even-handed film, asking hard questions about what the Internet and media aggregation does to the quality of news that we're getting.

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Michael Nordine Not Coming to a Theater Near You Oct 25, 2011

There's something troubling about Page One, but it's difficult to give it a name.

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Film4 Staff Film4 Sep 28, 2011 4/5

Fascinating viewing not only for fully paid-up NYT subscribers but anyone with a fleeting interest in the past, present or future of the newspaper industry.

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Philip French Observer (UK) Sep 25, 2011

This is a thoughtful fly-on-the-wall documentary that anyone concerned with the future of democracy should see.

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Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard Sep 23, 2011 4/5

Morris, whose previous work includes the remarkable The Thin Blue Line and The Fog of War, does not hesitate to provoke.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian Sep 22, 2011 3/5

It's a bracing reminder that good writing and good journalism don't happen naturally; they have to be nurtured.

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Sukhdev Sandhu Daily Telegraph (UK) Sep 22, 2011 4/5

Timely and oddly inspiring.

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