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NPR
Neil Barsky's documentary Koch captures the essence of this very big personality - though if the film were even two minutes longer, it might constitute Koch overload. Luckily, Barsky knows when enough is enough, even if his subject doesn't. Full Review
A.O. Scott
The New York Times
Like Walt Whitman, another hard-to-classify embodiment of the spirit of New York, he is contradictory and multitudinous. The hour and a half Mr. Barsky provides might be enough time for a lesser figure. Mr. Koch...needs more. Full Review
Betsy Sharkey
Los Angeles Times
Barsky does a good job of taking all the complexity of such a major personality and the times in which he flourished and boiling it down to the essentials. Full Review
Bill Goodykoontz
Arizona Republic
Barsky’s film is light on biographical detail before Koch’s first term began, in 1978. That’s probably fitting. Koch obviously lived for the job. Full Review
Chuck Bowen
Slant Magazine
Neil Barsky is aware of how a great and terribly troubling person can reside in the same body, but his occasional eagerness to appoint himself as his subject's latest press agent is dubious. Full Review
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