Critic Reviews
| 75 |
Entertainment Weekly Clark Collis
This hagiographic doc about the Hustler publisher and First Amendment obsessive is fueled by wonderful old footage. |
| 70 |
Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
The Right to Be Left Alone does make Flynt interesting, but it isn't as searching as it might be. |
| 70 |
PopMatters Cynthia Fuchs
More impressionistic than biographical, less apologetic than abstract, and decidedly non-chronological, it keeps a focus on the thematic connections among porn, democracy, and freedom--as varying emblems of the “America” Flynt extols. |
| 70 |
Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond
It’s a fascinating--if only semibalanced--look at the notorious architect of the Hustler magazine empire that really does leave us feeling that Flynt has gone to bat for our freedoms in a way few Americans have before. |
| 60 |
New York Daily News David Hinckley
Flynt sounds quite reasonable. But the film leaves that part of his life sooner than one might expect and moves forward to recent years. |
| 30 |
Variety Robert Koehler
Pic is, in effect, a rambling, lumpy account of Flynt's ups and downs, but serves as little more than a mid-grade PR feature for the cause. Any skeptical questioning during interview segments is nowhere to be detected. |
| 25 |
New York Post Kyle Smith
When "Larry Flynt" isn't fatuous, it's chilling. |
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