The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
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Reviews Counted:53
Fresh:46
Rotten:7
Average Rating:7.7/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: In THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT, Milos Forman expertly directs the viewer's sympathy toward Larry Flynt (Woody Harrelson in a superb performance): smut peddler, misogynist, and Editor in Chief of the... [More]
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton, Miles Chapin
Director: Milos Forman
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Reviews for The People Vs. Larry Flynt
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An exultant comedy of American repression and revolt. Full Review |
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A brave, spectacularly entertaining -- and unexpectedly stirring -- account of Flynt's life that asks us to regard the publisher of Hustler magazine as an invaluable champion of our First Amendment freedoms. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Long after you've grown tired of his escapades, the scenes in which he and Althea support one another against the slings an arrows of outrageous fortune are touching and, ultimately, genuinely tragic. Full Review |
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One of the truly bizarre careers in recent American cultural life provides the source of tart and tasty amusement in The People vs. Larry Flynt. Full Review |
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Woody Harrelson plays Flynt with energy, and Courtney Love does at least as well as his wife. Full Review |
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We're really celebrating Hollywood's freedom to create biographies of anyone, no matter how high or low on the social ladder, and still come up with the same banal characteristics, messages and conclusions. Full Review |
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3/4 |
The movie is a lot of fun for long stretches. Full Review |
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The exploitative misogyny of Flynt's output is never examined, the prurient hypocrisy and intolerance of his persecutors seriously overplayed, plus Larry and Althea's odd romance lacks bittersweet conviction. Full Review |
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4/5 |
I sincerely hope The People Versus Larry Flynt goes all the way and wins the Academy Award. Full Review |
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4/4 |
Funny, fascinating, and maybe just a little unsettling. Full Review |
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Great. Full Review |
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A- |
The screenplay, by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, is rich in detail and dialogue. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Proof that you can find patriotism in the most unlikely of places. Full Review |
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4/4 |
The latest movie from the great director Milos Forman is a sensational, irreverent docudrama. And, as they say in the porno trade, it's adult entertainment. Full Review |
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I dug it. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Whitewashing the truth is a forgivable sin in the world of biopics, but to demean ideologies by remaining "balanced" is cowardly. Full Review |
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7/10 |
Very entertaining. Full Review |
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It is a good film with good performances. The trouble is, it's about Larry Flynt. Full Review |
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