Chronicle of magazine publisher Larry Flynt, a self-described "scum" who challenged Playboy in the 1970s with his nudie rag, Hustler. Woody Harrelson gives a surprisingly solid, excellent performance as Flynt, Courtney Love is fine as his drug-addicted wife, Edward Norton terrific as Flynt's attorney, yet the script doesn't give the actors nor the audience much to go on. Director Milos Forman doesn't observe this story with any irony, his big scenes aren't built up or shaped by the smaller, more intimate ones, and the wayward final act isn't as moving or tender as it's meant to be. Worth-seeing for the brave performances, though it is a picture lacking in dimensions. **1/2 from ****
Review of The People vs. Larry Flynt
