Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy
Maelstrom Entertainment | Release Date: November 20, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
10
Negative:
1
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83
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
In the scurrilously enjoyable documentary Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy, we get to know the man whom Al Goldstein dubbed ''the hedgehog of porn." Read full review
80
L.A. WeeklyJohn Patterson
A refreshing antidote to those E! True Hollywood Story documentaries on adult-film figures like John Holmes, Savannah and Traci Lords. Read full review
80
Film ThreatRon Wells
The portrait drawn by this film is of a man loved and/or respected by nearly all that have known him. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
A lively, ultimately sad portrait. Read full review
70
Village VoiceGeoffrey Gray
In a way, the porn legend seems to have cut a tragic Faustian deal. He's always wanted to be a mainstream actor. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Now in his late 40s and hairier than ever, Jeremy seems a simple enough, likable guy, and he has no pretensions about what he does. And no apologies either. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeJim Sullivan
Captures a shadowy scene. Read full review
60
VarietyJoe Leydon
The Legend of Ron Jeremy is, at a brisk 75 minutes, long enough to get the job done. Read full review
60
The New York TimesDave Kehr
Entertaining, lightly mocking documentary. Read full review
60
New Times (L.A.)Luke Y. Thompson
The new documentary Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy shows, all is not quite as it seems.
50
New York PostJonathan Foreman
It's a lumpy and disorganized film that remains unsatisfying, perhaps because the fundamental oddness of having sex in public for money as a way of life remains just as mysterious at the end of the film as in the beginning. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldCharles Savage
The result is less an examination of the porn industry than it is a portrait of Jeremy's own humanity, with all its quirks and eccentricities. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
It's not inaccurate to call Porn Star a puff piece. Read full review
50
Chicago TribunePatrick Z. McGavin
Too full of worship and the culture of celebrity to ever pose the questions that should be asked.
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Though generally sympathetic, the film manages (without stooping to clichéd moralizing) to suggest that being Ron Jeremy isn't the non-stop paradise his fans imagine. Read full review
42
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Among the things made vividly clear here is that Jeremy cannot act.
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
This unrated documentary, which contains no hard-core shots, could have used more hog and less hedge, if you catch my drift: When Jeremy drones on about his quest to be cast in mainstream movies, dullness sets in. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
This documentary doesn't probe too deeply, and it presupposes that there is a general interest in Jeremy commensurate with his Q rating among the porn-renting public.
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