Metascore
64 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. A relatively straightforward portrait of Holmes, using interviews with family members, friends, wives, X-film producers and his former co-stars.
  2. Disarmingly intelligent if scattered documentary.
  3. A fairly tough-minded film until the end, when several commentators who have been critical suddenly turn misty-eyed and suggest that underneath it all, Holmes was really a sweetie.
  4. Fascinatingly, many of the interviewees disagree vehemently about Holmes' personality: some of his co-stars and colleagues found him repellently abusive and selfish.
  5. 60
    Holmes's story isn't pretty, but it's fascinating, in no small part because the people Paley interviews offer a glimpse into a brief time when making porn was an act of rebellion that attracted a diverse and eccentric group of filmmakers and performers.
  6. 60
    Filled with people who cut Holmes more slack than he deserved.
  7. Reviewed by: Fred Camper
    60
    Fans of the famed porn star, who died of AIDS in 1988, will want to catch this exhaustive 1998 video biography.
User Score

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. JeffM.
    6
    Doesn't really get interesting until it deals with his involvement with Wonderland murders. Most of it plays like an extended A&E Biography, zooming in and out on the same stock photos numerous times. Full Review »