Critic Reviews
| 75 |
New York Post Linda Stasi
She's scary as hell, which is why this show works. |
| 70 |
PopMatters Cynthia Fuchs
Waiting to move forward, Fleiss finds distractions that become her unexpected focus. |
| 70 |
Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
As seen here, by filmmakers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, she is likable but frustrating--both honest and unreliable, a smart, capable woman only half in charge of her own life. |
| 70 |
Variety Peter Debruge
Fleiss' best-laid plans go bust, leaving the filmmakers scrambling with a repair job that ultimately results in a more intimate, more revealing character study than originally intended. |
| 50 |
San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
You can't help thinking, watching Fleiss go down to inevitable defeat, that she might have stood a better chance if she hadn't allowed documentary cameras to follow her into Pahrump. |
| 40 |
Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond
As is the case with most train wrecks, it's difficult to take your eyes off of Heidi Fleiss in this well-constructed but somewhat pointless HBO documentary about the notorious one-time Hollywood madam's ill-fated attempt to open a legal brothel aimed at a female clientele in the dusty desert burg of Crystal, Nev. |
| 30 |
The New York Times Neil Genzlinger
The main achievement of the film, by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, is to make you realize just how accurate Andy Warhol was: 15 minutes is quite enough for people like Ms. Fleiss. |
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