The People vs. Larry Flynt

Name: The People vs. Larry Flynt
Genre: Drama
Released: 1996-12-25
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 7

1996 · Movie · R · 130 min · ★ 7.0 · 84% critics

Drama

A brash adult-magazine publisher rises from running a strip club to building a controversial empire, drawing fierce backlash from moral crusaders and the courts. What begins as a fight to keep his business alive grows into a high-stakes legal battle over free speech and who gets to decide what the public can see.

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Years: 1996
Release date: 1996-12-25
Language: English
Rated: R
Runtime: 130 min
Critic score: 84/100
TMDB rating: 7.0/10 (1,260 votes)

About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a true-story courtroom drama that’s funny, messy, and thought-provoking about censorship and rights; Not for you if explicit adult-industry themes or abrasive characters are dealbreakers, like in Man on the Moon.

Pros: strong lead performances; provocative free-speech debate; dark humor and drama | Cons: sleazy subject matter; uneven focus at times; some characters underused