The Times: Spacey Unmasked review — it’s a very complicated saga

The movie star, Oscar winner and theatre maestro was the boss. He had power and he knew it, but did he abuse it? The lunge. Remember the lunge? In my teens, it was the stuff of a million drunken courtship horror stories. “He lunged!” girls would say, in repulsion at an open mouth and flapping …

The Hollywood Reporter: Kevin Spacey Doc Director on Why the Men Came Forward and Actor’s Response – “He Could Do a Bit More Soul-Searching”

Katherine Haywood, director of the Channel 4 documentary ‘Spacey Unmasked’ (airing in the U.S. on Monday), spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about shining a light on fresh allegations against the once-beloved actor. In May 2022, when Katherine Haywood began making calls for a Channel 4 documentary she’d been brought on to direct and produce, it wasn’t long …

Vanity Fair: Kevin Spacey’s Deep History of Alleged Sexual Assault Is Exposed in New Documentary

The actor has fought back against the “desperate” Spacey Unmasked, which has already premiered in the UK and will soon make its US debut. A new wave of sexual assault accusations against Kevin Spacey has arrived in the form of Spacey Unmasked, a documentary in which 10 men speak publicly about alleged abuse they faced at the hands of the actor. The …

Irish Independent: Spacey Unmasked – ‘Why not simply put the camera on these men, let them open up and leave it to viewers to decide?’

Some say that documentaries such as Spacey Unmasked (Channel 4, Monday, 9pm), which expose men for their sexual wrongdoings, are unfair if the subjects in question have not been found guilty of a crime. I understand the argument, but there are many things which people do that fall short of being criminal which nonetheless deserve to be …

Financial Times: Spacey Unmasked — Channel 4 documentary presents new sexual misconduct allegations from 10 men

Kevin Spacey, who has twice been cleared of similar charges, faces another civil trial next year In 1996, Kevin Spacey won his first Oscar for The Usual Suspects, a film in which he played a man who ingeniously hides his sinister true identity. Two decades later, the feted actor found himself accused of having done …

Independent: Spacey Unmasked review – A devastating portrayal of the power dynamics of fame

Channel 4’s investigation brings to light previously unheard claims of predatory behaviour by the Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey has already denounced Spacey Unmasked, Channel 4’s shocking investigation into claims of predatory behaviour by the Oscar-winning actor. “I cannot and will not take responsibility or apologise to anyone who’s made up stuff about me or exaggerated stories about me,” …

The Guardian: Spacey Unmasked review – far more than a did-he-didn’t-he exposé

Ten men, including a boxer and an ex-marine, make allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour against the star who was once box office dynamite. Then this documentary goes even further In Kevin Spacey’s written right-of-reply statement at the end of Spacey Unmasked, he reminds the world that every criminal and civil court case accusing him of …

The Hollywood Reporter: Kevin Spacey Doc Gets U.S. Air Date on Max, Investigation Discovery

‘Spacey Unmasked’ has already aired in the U.K. on Channel 4, promising a “forensic look” at Kevin Spacey’s rise to fame and the allegations that have dethroned him. A Channel 4 documentary unveiling the testimonies of 10 men who allege they were sexually assaulted by Kevin Spacey will air in the U.S. on Monday, May 13. Spacey Unmasked, featuring …

Variety: ‘Spacey Unmasked’ Trailer Reveals Sexual Harassment Allegations, Retaliation Fears From Kevin Spacey Accusers

Investigation Discovery has set the U.S. premiere date for “Spacey Unmasked,” as well as released a first look at the docuseries about Kevin Spacey. “Spacey Unmasked” will premiere Monday, May 13, at 9 p.m. ET on ID and will be available to stream on Max. Per the description, “‘Spacey Unmasked’ chronicles testimony from men in the …

Los Angeles Times: A new doc contains fresh allegations against Kevin Spacey. Our takeaways from ‘Spacey Unmasked’

In October 2017, the same month that a New York Times investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and assault by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein set off the #MeToo movement, actor Anthony Rapp, emboldened by the outpouring of stories, publicly accused Kevin Spacey of making a sexual advance on him in 1986, when Rapp was 14 years …