Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): May 16, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
6
Negative:
2

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMay 16, 2023
Like so many cautionary tales we’ve seen come out of Hollywood since there was a Hollywood, “You Don’t Know Me” is one long reminder to be careful what you wish for—because dreams that come true often arrive with tentacles attached. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayMay 16, 2023
This is an in-depth film about a person many presumed had no depth at all. It’s a cautionary tale — not just for future sex symbols, for those who write about them. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 24, 2023
It’s a sad story, of course, with overdoses and deaths and sort of classical American “price of fame” arc. But it’s also revealing, and only rarely judgemental — even handed, I thought. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesTara BradyMay 16, 2023
There are few reveals, but narrative restraint is commendable in the telling of this almost unbearably unhappy tale. Read full review
60
Rolling StoneChris VognarMay 16, 2023
You Don’t Know Me, directed by Ursula Macfarlane (who made the 2019 Harvey Weinstein exposé Untouchable), doesn’t quite know what to do with this tension, saving much of its complexity for the waning moments rather than giving its heroine’s story deeper shading from the start. But it remains a visually engaging portrait that depicts Smith as more than just a little girl lost. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterAngie HanMay 16, 2023
You Don’t Know Me aims to cut past the mythology to reveal the flesh-and-blood woman underneath, and in doing so assembles a mostly sympathetic, mostly compelling portrait of an all-American tragedy. But when even a movie aimed at capturing the “true” Anna Nicole Smith seems unsure exactly who that might be, it’s hard not to wonder who any of this is really for. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 16, 2023
It’s an effective retelling, though the film could have concentrated more on her tragicomic relationship with her oil plutocrat husband. Could it actually have been a love story after all? Read full review
55
CNNBrian LowryMay 16, 2023
While there are some new details in the telling, the net effect leaves the Smith that people didn’t know, other than those meticulously airbrushed photo spreads, largely untouched. Read full review
50
VarietyCourtney HowardMay 16, 2023
Despite its efforts to present a well-rounded portrait of this determined starlet, the film ultimately feels like a glossier, slightly less salacious iteration of an “E! True Hollywood Story,” appealing primarily to those who relish tragic tales of the rich and famous. Read full review
30
The New York TimesCalum MarshMay 16, 2023
The solemn excavation of Smith’s life and death — she died at 39 of a drug overdose, in 2007 — ultimately brings the movie, despite Macfarlane’s well-meaning efforts, squarely into the territory of what it’s attempting to condemn: lurid voyeurism. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleSusie BrightMay 16, 2023
Smith deserves a 21st century reassessment, but you won’t find it here. Read full review
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