Where’s My Roy Cohn

Roy Cohn might have been a small-framed man but he managed to block out the sun wherever he went. At age 23, he was the brash, obscenely confident chief counsel to Senator Joseph McCarthy during the infamous Communist witch hunt of the 1950s. Though that all ended in scandal and disgrace, Cohn went on to have a lucrative, successful, corrupt and toxic career practising his version of the law for mafia kingpins, unscrupulous CEOs, politicians, and the likes of Donald Trump. The revelations in this documentary are astounding and appalling, but they offer insight into how the world came to be where it is. 

Director, Matt Tyrnauer, has compiled archival footage, personal images and documents, and interviews with people who knew Cohn all too well. It makes for a documentary that will leave you gape-mouthed at the sheer audacity of this slick, narcissistic, performance lawyer who managed to get away with murder – literally.

★★★ ½

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Reviewed by Rita Bratovich