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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Film.comSean MeansFilm.comSean MeansAlthea is a ferociously vibrant character, and Love goes all out to infuse her with a wildness seldom seen on screen. Love holds nothing back, and her energy and her heartache energize the movie.
- 90Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranProvocative and engrossing.
- 88Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThere's a gentleness and open-mindedness in that touch and throughout the film that's a little at odds with the shallower script. But, in the end, that humanity pays. [27 Dec 1996]
- 88ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliTells a good, intelligent story that keeps us interested and involved.
- 80Film ThreatChris GoreFilm ThreatChris GoreI loved it. I'm glad it was made...Film Threat's association with Flynt would sometimes bring gasps of outrage or phones slammed down in disgust. Now, it brings curiosity and even admiration. Kinda weird, huh?
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleWith "Flynt," Love does what Madonna has been trying to do for 12 years -- create a performance filled with humor, intelligence and soul.
- 70Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumScott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski's script may in spots be as much of a skim job as their one for "Ed Wood," but it's almost as sweet and as likable, and if the movie can't ever practice what it and its hillbilly hero preach--the only "beaver" shot in the movie involves a corpse--its heart is certainly in the right place.
- 70TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineBut long after you've grown tired of [Flynt's] 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.
- 70TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissJogs from one incident to the next, amassing information and dispensing attitude but rarely creating real characters. That's supposed to be director Milos Forman's forte; here, though, nearly everyone is an enemy or a stooge.
- 40SalonCharles TaylorSalonCharles Taylor"Larry Flynt" should have a slick, whorish look, but there's no juice in Forman's sleaze. Hustler's centerfolds look like Renoirs next to the cold-eyed way Forman shoots women's bodies.