An revealing look at the outspoken, flamboyant founder of the Playboy empire. With humor and insight, the film captures Hefner's fierce battles with the government, the religious right and militant feminists. Rare footage and compelling interviews with a remarkable who's who of 20th Century American pop culture, present a brilliant and entertaining snapshot of the life of an extraordinary man and the controversies that surrounded him.... (Full plot summary below)
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An revealing look at the outspoken, flamboyant founder of the Playboy empire. With humor and insight, the film captures Hefner's fierce battles with the government, the religious right and militant feminists. Rare footage and compelling interviews with a remarkable who's who of 20th Century American pop culture, present a brilliant and entertaining snapshot of the life of an extraordinary man and the controversies that surrounded him.
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| NewsBlazeKam WilliamsA well-deserved tribute to an American icon that manages to turn the nation's most-famous dirty old man into a champion of racial justice right before your very eyes. Who knew? |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA pop history lesson that holds you, but it's no deeper than an E! True Hollywood Story. |
| Boston HeraldJames VerniereStylistically, the documentary is generic: existing footage and talking head interviews with the addition of centerfolds and shots of classic Playboy short stories and Forum debates. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfCertainly reverent of Hefner's cultural accomplishments, delivering a convincing argument with a smooth, efficient visual style...there's no better boat captain of memories and accomplishments around. |
| NPRJeannette CatsoulisIf your sole image of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is that of a lanky, silk-jammied sybarite strolling the grounds of his mansion with a jiggling blond on either arm, Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel will knock your socks off. |
| BET.comClay CaneThe documentary goes above the groin, chronicling watershed moments in American history while telling the story of one of the greatest American corporations ever created - Playboy. |
| Film Journal InternationalDoris ToumarkineTeeming with commentary from well-known celebrities, this exceptional doc about Hugh Hefner and the ascent of liberalism celebrates both the iconic Playboy founder and the receding of taboos and prejudice over the past half-century. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleYet as ridiculous as Hefner's life sometimes seems, he has been an exemplary citizen, as this documentary by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Brigitte Berman spells out. |
| Jam! MoviesLiz BraunA marvelous documentary about the guy all other men are said to envy. |
| San Diego Union-TribuneAlison GangEven with Berman's halfhearted inclusion of a few angry feminists and appalled religious figures...it's hard to deny that Hefner might actually deserve the title the film bestows upon him. |
