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People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) Rank 4 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) a score of 2.9884 out of 4
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People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Love proves she is not a rock star pretending to act, but a true actress, and Harrelson matches her with his portrait of a man who has one thing on his mind, and never changes it. ...read the complete People vs. Larry Flynt movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Rita Kempley)Washington Post (Rita Kempley)
People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (Janet Maslin)The New York Times (Janet Maslin)
A blazing, unlikely triumph about a man who is nobody's idea of a movie hero. Smart, funny, shamelessly entertaining and perfectly serious too. ...read the complete People vs. Larry Flynt movie review at The New York Times (Janet Maslin)
People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Newsweek (David Ansen)Newsweek (David Ansen)
Courtney Love's performance as stripper Althea Leasure is an amazement. Funny, unfettered and almost scarily alive in front of a camera, she's the definition of a ...read the complete People vs. Larry Flynt movie review at Newsweek (David Ansen)
People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
The film catches us by surprise in its moving portrayal of the love between Larry and Althea, played by Courtney Love in a performance that glides from kinky abandon to stark tragedy. ...read the complete People vs. Larry Flynt movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Mike Clark)USA Today (Mike Clark)
Forman finesses the story's grimmer aspects as he did in "Cuckoo's Nest," and his ability to switch moods on a dime remains unsurpassed. ...read the complete People vs. Larry Flynt movie review at USA Today (Mike Clark)
People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) (Judith Egerton)Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) (Judith Egerton)
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. ...read the complete People vs. Larry Flynt movie review at Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) (Judith Egerton)
People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
`T his is it?'' the Cincinnati printer asks dubiously, looking at the page proofs for the newsletter Larry Flynt wants him to print. ``You've got to have text--like Playboy.'' Flynt is unyielding. He is interested in gynecological detail, not redeeming so ...read the complete People vs. Larry Flynt movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Tells a good, intelligent story that keeps us interested and involved. ...read the complete People vs. Larry Flynt movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Examiner (Barbara Shulgasser)San Francisco Examiner (Barbara Shulgasser)
With its fine courtroom scenes, excellent performances, great writing and superb direction it reminds me more than anything else of Barbet Schroeder's "Reversal of ...read the complete People vs. Larry Flynt movie review at San Francisco Examiner (Barbara Shulgasser)
People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
What a huge gamble, to make a movie about "Hustler" magazine founder and die-hard porn king Larry Flynt and his turbulent life. Whether or not it's successful, the filmmakers deserve every bit of praise for having the guts to make a movie like t ...read the complete People vs. Larry Flynt movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
U.S. Distributor: Columbia Pictures Larry Flynt, the self-proclaimed king of smut, as an American hero? Unlikely as it may seem, that's the scenario set up and successfully pursued by Milos Forman's (One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Amadeus) latest ventur ...read the complete People vs. Larry Flynt movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
 
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