Keating makes the case that a Giuliani presidency would be an exceedingly bad idea, juxtaposing the politician's public persona and veneer of fake charm, with his vicious dark side that periodically peers through.

| Sep 29, 2007

A chilling record of a politician whose modus operandi includes incessant lying, taking credit for other peoples' achievements, blatant racism and imperious governing.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 25, 2007

Damning documentary indicts the ex-mayor as deserving to be remembered not for the clean-up of the Twin Towers, but for his utter lack of compassion for the impoverished and working classes.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 13, 2007

While Giuliani Time offers a wealth of important information that many might have long forgotten, its impact is diluted by its heavily biased nature and lack of balance.

Full Review | Jun 20, 2006

With the former mayor currently enjoying one of the rare second acts in American political life, Giuliani Time does a strong job of reminding us what the first one was like.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 16, 2006

Keating may [be] too intent on touching on every aspect of the mayor's vicious careerism; at two hours, the film might have benefited from some pruning....But the film is never dull...

Full Review | Jun 16, 2006

Giuliani Time energetically deflates one trumpeted myth after another about Giuliani's success at turning the city around from its doldrums in the 1970s.

Full Review | Jun 15, 2006

Plays more like a rant, and a poorly focused one at that.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 9, 2006

The first chip has been knocked off the shoulder in the 2008 presidential horse race.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 6, 2006

It is impossible to downplay the man's role in events following the September 11 attack...But, his track record prior to that terrible event cannot be ignored.

| Original Score: B- | Jun 1, 2006

Giuliani Time ultimately includes much useful information ... [but] anybody who reads The Village Voice will find nothing here to surprise them.

| May 30, 2006

The trouble with Giuliani Time is that Keating, as a filmmaker, wants to give power to the people but in his every perception he takes it away from them.

| Original Score: C | May 26, 2006

I wanted more of those press conferences where he lashed at 'actually really jerky' questions before turning on his heel and exiting stage right. When Giuliani Time gives us a taste of this Rudy, it's mesmerizing.

| May 25, 2006

While Keating's motives may have the public interest at heart, his methods undercut his message.

| Original Score: B- | May 22, 2006

Keating, who learned his craft shooting for respected documentarians like Barbara Kopple and the Maysles brothers, takes his stand early, makes his points bluntly and backs them up solidly with archival footage and expert testimony.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 12, 2006

The film slogs through the history of the Giuliani controversies without telling us anything we didn't already know. It also frequently contradicts itself.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | May 12, 2006

Keating, who has shot for the Maysles brothers and Barbara Kopple, amasses an impressive amount of evidence to bolster his claims, allowing the relative dryness of his style to be overshadowed by the revelatory nature of his research.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 12, 2006

A delightfully biased view of former New York Mayor Giuliani's administration.

| Original Score: B+ | May 12, 2006

The film, while hardly unbiased, is not entirely one-sided.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 11, 2006

So successful -- the archive being so generous, after all -- at painting Giuliani as an unlikable bully that by the end of the film you're left wondering, Why even bother?

| May 11, 2006