[An] overly long documentary that, while interesting, skips over some important details in the past decade or so of Ngoy’s life.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 26, 2022

A fine if erratic documentary anchored in a food-business phenomenon.

| Jun 1, 2021

It's a dizzying saga of ups and downs, and of one of this nation's most beloved sweet treats, and a fascinating tale of sacrifice, success, and hubris.

| Nov 29, 2020

[I]t's a fine yarn spiced up with moments of hip hop, animation and pop culture references, all packaged nicely in something like the hot-pink doughnut boxes that the cruller maestro Ngoy supposedly invented.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 26, 2020

Ted Ngoy, his wife and family pick up the story and walk us through their unbelievable experience, flying to a strange new country where they didn't speak our language and had to start life anew. We follow their path to success beyond their wildest dreams

| Nov 10, 2020

The story behind the documentary "The Donut King" is large and it contains multitudes.

| Nov 2, 2020

Not only is it a fascinating portrait of this particular Cambodian refugee, Ted Ngoy, but it also is about the culture of doughnut shops in L.A., which are so iconic.

| Oct 30, 2020

It becomes this global story about immigration, ambition, hope, community -- and it's got a really terrific soundtrack.

| Oct 30, 2020

A heartwarming albeit scattered documentary.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 30, 2020

Switching gears between such extremes is enough to make one's head spin, but "The Donut King" does it with style (and a little help from artist Andrew Hem), delivering far more substance than its junk-food subject might suggest.

| Oct 30, 2020

It's an immigrant-makes-good tale filled with uplift and downfall in equal measure, and there's no glazing over the heartbreak.

| Oct 29, 2020

A cheery portrait of immigrant entrepreneurship that lacks political punch.

| Oct 29, 2020

Gu does stellar work compiling and constructing Ngoy's life story through interviews, and archive and contemporary footage.

| Mar 30, 2020

Heartwarming yet unflinchingly honest.

| Mar 30, 2020