It was an ok documentary but it doesn't compare to The People vs. Larry Flynt, which covered pretty much the exact same stuff. It's funny but Woody Harrelson is a better Larry Flynt than the actual Larry Flynt.
Larry Flynt does have an amazing life story, but I thought the documentary over-reached at the end when they show him receiving a standing ovation at a journalist convention. The banner on the stage says "AVN" which mean "Adult Video News." Not exactly the mainstream acknowledgment of Larry's version of "freedom of the press" that the film-makers imply. Still an intersting look at a more-than-interesting life.
shareHe has had one of the most amazing and interesting lives imaginable. I was quite skeptical of the portrait painted of him in Forman's film, as a very unlikely but true American hero, but this movie convinced me that Flynt IS a true and sincere champion of the freedom of speech. He's a foulmouthed, dirtyminded, wacky, outrageous, distasteful hero.
Some misleading graphics and clear bias towards him aside, of course.
i liked this documentary more than the film. film was good but typical in its approach. this was more raw and uncut, straight from the horses mouth.
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Call me insensitive, but his slurred speech and gurgling was too annoying
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