Money Shot: The Pornhub Story

Name: Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 15, 2023
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 63
Cast: Asa Akira, Bree Mills, Cherie DeVille, Gwen Adora, Martin Patriquin

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): March 15, 2023 | TV-MA

Starring: Asa Akira, Bree Mills, Cherie DeVille, Gwen Adora, Martin Patriquin, Michael Stabile, Natassia Dreams, Noelle Perdue, Siri Dahl, Wolf Hudson

Summary: Pornhub, the internet's most famous adult entertainment platform, fundamentally changed how pornography is made and distributed. This enabled erotic content creators to reach a massive audience while the company made billions of dollars - but it also became embroiled in allegations including non-consensual material and trafficking on thePornhub, the internet's most famous adult entertainment platform, fundamentally changed how pornography is made and distributed. This enabled erotic content creators to reach a massive audience while the company made billions of dollars - but it also became embroiled in allegations including non-consensual material and trafficking on the site. As anti-trafficking organizations seek justice for victims, can the online giant protect those from whom they profit, or is this a new wave of censorship for adult performers making consensual porn?… Expand

Director: Suzanne Hillinger

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 94 min

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The Telegraph Benji Wilson

Mar 23, 2023

If big-tech hubris is now a non-fiction Dewey classification all of its own, this was nonetheless an extremely well told tale of arrogance, carelessness and the destruction – not disruption, please – that follows in its wake. Read full review

Susie Bright

Mar 23, 2023

“Money Shot” is not for the squeamish. You can’t be the type to blush from late-stage capitalism or the daily life of an angelic webcam star who hangs her sex toys on a shoe rack and buys lube by the gallon. Read full review

Polygon Katie Rife

Apr 4, 2023

It’s titillation with a side of radicalization. And if any teenagers whose folks have installed parental controls on their computers do watch this documentary late at night with the volume turned down, they’ll learn more about workers seizing the means of production than they learn about sex — which is far more dangerous to the powers that be than any bare breasts or asses. Read full review

Natalia Winkelman

Mar 23, 2023

Here is a documentary that casts a clear eye on the offenses of an industry driven by capitalism while never losing sight of the workers whose safety and success should be that profession’s number one priority. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Mar 23, 2023

“Money Shot,” with a no-fuss journalistic evenhandedness, makes the case that the reaction against the site, though most of it came from an unassailable moral place, may have been out of balance — that it wound up hurting sex workers without actually doing anything tangible to help the victims of trafficking. Read full review

Noel Murray

Mar 23, 2023

This is a tricky topic, and Hillinger sometimes strays too far away from it, indulging in sexually explicit digressions that are more titillating than germane. For the most part, though, this is a thoughtful look at a controversy unlikely to fade away, so long as modern technology and prurient interests continue to exist. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Mar 23, 2023

For me it never gets to grips with the real issue for Pornhub, OnlyFans or indeed Facebook: are these sites publishers or platforms? If they derive profit from the content they host, then should they be responsible for it, or not? Read full review

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alanpotter17

Jun 14, 2023

O documentário lança luz sobre a indústria pornográfica na era digital, e casa perfeitamente com outros documentários sobre o tema (como por exemplo o ótimo "dilema das redes").
Embora não tenha um formato inovador, e careça de cenas mais picantes (não espere ver algo realmente pornográficoO documentário lança luz sobre a indústria pornográfica na era digital, e casa perfeitamente com outros documentários sobre o tema (como por exemplo o ótimo "dilema das redes").
Embora não tenha um formato inovador, e careça de cenas mais picantes (não espere ver algo realmente pornográfico aqui), poderia sim ter arriscado um pouco mais, o máximo que veremos vai ser uma carícia nos seios (cobertos) ou um beijo gay, por exemplo. Mesmo a moça avaliando os pênis de seus seguidores, a câmera faz questão de tornar menos nítida o objeto, o que soa meio contraditório para o próprio argumento do documentário. Será que há alguma política da Netflix sobre censura?
E outra coisa que me incomodou é que os alvos são bem específicos, desde movimentos conservadores até as próprias grandes empresas, mas não houve um equilíbrio para compreender o outro lado. Não que eu, como uma pessoa liberal, quisesse isso, mas por se tratar de um documentário com um tema tabu, poderia sim equilibrar um pouco mais as falas.
De resto, ao focar nos trabalhadores e agora geradores de conteúdo, o filme acerta o público-alvo, de repente para quem pensa ingressar nessa ramo o filme pode trazer certa luz de entendimento.
Talvez pudesse ser menos didático em algumas coisas ou menos repetitivo, mas ainda assim prendeu a atenção. É de fato instigante perceber que as grandes empresas e corporações financeiras jogam a todo tempo com imagens e limites aceitáveis, demonstrando claramente que esperam sim o lucro, mas sentindo o peso moral de tudo isso. Ao ser aprovada a lei que torna mais rígida a publicação de conteúdo, vemos a força coercitiva do estado mas também o poder de marketing de uma empresa, que prefere envolver-se com o aceitável. Assim, a cultura do cancelamento tem muito que explorar aqui, mas também o tem a cultura da pedofilia e da exploração sexual.
É um tema gostoso de assistir, e sua curta duração facilita, especialmente levando em consideração que o documentário não tira de foco o vies dos trabalhadores. Achei que ficou faltando mais representatividade queer, mas tudo bem.… Expand

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JackEFlaps

May 29, 2023

Lots of good information in the first half, but turns into a very bad opinion piece on free speech in the second. Putting ads on child abuse and nonconsensual videos is horrific, yet the featured performers defending "free speech" seemed confused why Visa/MasterCard would want nothing to doLots of good information in the first half, but turns into a very bad opinion piece on free speech in the second. Putting ads on child abuse and nonconsensual videos is horrific, yet the featured performers defending "free speech" seemed confused why Visa/MasterCard would want nothing to do with it. The views expressed weren't even consistent throughout the film. Early on they explained why they wanted exclusively verified uploads to protect against these crimes, but then later criticized the move when talking about lost earnings with reduced web traffic. It was also very odd when the documentary shifted tone and attacked the site's critics calling them anti feminist, homophobic, etc as if we didn't just learn that the company was profiting from illegal images of children. Overall disappointing finish for a documentary that started strong.… Expand

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