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The People vs. Larry Flynt
You may not like what he does, but are you prepared to give up his right to do it?
You may not like what he does, but are you prepared to give up his ri...
Drama - 1996
7.3
88%
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Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
130 min
Release date:
25 Dec 1996
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$36,000,000
Revenue:
$20,300,385
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 22 wins & 35 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
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.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
30 Jun 2008
fresh:
Woody Harrelson plays Flynt with energy, and Courtney Love does at least as well as his wife.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
30 Jun 2008
fresh:
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.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
30 Jun 2008
fresh:
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.
– David Ansen,
Newsweek,
30 Jun 2008
fresh:
An exultant comedy of American repression and revolt.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Jun 2008
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