
Journalism icon Gay Talese reports on Gerald Foos, the owner of a Colorado motel, who allegedly secretly watched his guests with the aid of specially designed ceiling vents, peering down from an "observation platform" he built in the motel's attic.... (Full plot summary below)
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Journalism icon Gay Talese reports on Gerald Foos, the owner of a Colorado motel, who allegedly secretly watched his guests with the aid of specially designed ceiling vents, peering down from an "observation platform" he built in the motel's attic.
Leave your thoughts about Voyeur.
| GuardianCharles BramescoEveryone's at cross purposes, the subjects' words as loaded with unspoken intent as the directors' damning comparative edits. |
| RogerEbert.comChristy LemireToo often, Kane and Koury don’t seem to trust entirely what they have, and they needlessly pad Voyeur with miniatures, re-enactments and an overall light, playful tone. It all seems at odds with the story’s fundamentally disturbing — yet gripping — content. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperThis is a chronicle of two men — writer and subject — obsessed with the theme of spying on unsuspecting, innocent people who have no idea their private lives are on display. |
| Entertainment WeeklyClark CollisThe result is a remarkable profiling of two people who, Voyeur suggests, have far more in common than either would imagine. |
| Film Journal InternationalFrank LoveceEnthralling look at literary lion Gay Talese. |
| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceVoyeur is not a gratifying documentary, the kind that makes us feel happy the truth came out. |
| Vanity FairJordan HoffmanThere are issues of trust between the two men. It’s unclear who is exploiting whom—and impossible to know what is being recreated for the camera and what is being captured “live.” This is all to the betterment of Voyeur, which, it isn’t too much of a spoiler to say, ultimately concludes that Mr. Talese and Mr. Foos aren’t all that different from one another. |
| The PlaylistChris BarsantiUnfortunately, the tendency of Voyeur to tilt towards comedy undermines the weight of its story. |
| TheWrapRobert AbeleBy the end of this captivating if unsettling movie, Foos’s unpunished criminality notwithstanding, you’ll have plenty to chew on about the nature of the relationship between journalist and subject. |
| Consequence of SoundDominick Suzanne-MayerVoyeur leaves its viewers with more questions about what happened in the Manor House and what it meant than they’ll have coming in. If that’s hardly the note of finality that many will want or expect, it’s the aspect of the film that perhaps feels the most authentic and honest. |