On the
review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of , based on reviews, with an average rating of . The website's consensus reads, "It's blunt rather than balanced, but ''Where's My Roy Cohn?'' does what it sets out to do, offering a disquieting summary of its subject's life and legacy."
Metacritic, which uses a
weighted average, assigned the film a score of 70 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "Generally favorable reviews". Leah Greenblatt of
Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Tyrnauer smartly doesn't overplay the symbolism of their relationship, or work too hard to connect the dots; it's all there to take or leave in the film's shrewd, illuminating exploration of a man whose influence, for better or worse, may have far outdone even his wildest dreams". David Klion of
The New Republic wrote, "As a portrait of Cohn, the documentary is riveting".
Justin Chang of the
Los Angeles Times wrote, "The movie can't fully disguise its glee as it lingers over the particulars of Cohn's death — or, for that matter, its all-too-convincing lament that his spirit is still alive and well". Brian Lowry of
CNN wrote, "''Where's My Roy Cohn?'' is by no means a flattering portrait; rather, the film portrays Cohn as being emblematic of everything that's wrong with politics, class disparity and the current toxic political environment". Katherine Steinbach of
Nonfics wrote, "Matt Tyrnauer's scintillating, gossipy, heavy-handed documentary Where's My Roy Cohn? delves into Cohn's contradictions without much illumination".
Armond White of the
National Review wrote, "''Where's My Roy Cohn?
typifies the "Gotcha" doc, a genre of the Fake News era that ignores objectivity and fairness in order to press politicized righteousness". Charles Bramesco of The A.V. Club'' wrote, "Anyone with the vaguest consciousness of American political history doesn't need 97 minutes to learn that this dead-eyed ethical vacuum was a bad person, or even the depth of his badness". == References ==