Tab Hunter Confidential
Film Collaborative, The | Release Date: October 16, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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4
Negative:
1
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91
The PlaylistOct 12, 2015
Tab Hunter Confidential is fun and gossipy in the way that great documentaries about Hollywood often are, but it also speaks to a deeper truth about identity and perseverance and the large divide between one's personal and professional life. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreJul 24, 2018
Maybe it’s not as revealing as its teasing title suggests, but Tab Hunter Confidential makes a splendid history lesson and light, fun portrait of what you can only call a blessed life, one lived with a big, open secret that only old age convinced him he should let out. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperNov 28, 2015
Tab Hunter Confidential is a well-crafted if not particularly deep bio-documentary. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoNov 5, 2015
In all, it’s a relaxed portrait of a likable fellow. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonOct 16, 2015
Hollywood remains terrified that the hunky male product they’re selling to millions of swooning women might turn out to be gay, and “ruin the fantasy” these fans supposedly covet. One can only wonder if an openly LGBT actor can be as huge today as Tab Hunter was in his day. The verdict is still out on that. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinOct 29, 2015
Schwarz and Hunter never dig all that deep — in fact, it all seems pretty tame by today's reality TV standards — but the film remains an evocative, enjoyable ride. Read full review
70
Village VoiceCharles TaylorOct 13, 2015
The movie follows Hunter's life after leaving the Warners, the bad movies and years on the dinner-theater circuit. And it reveals something stronger: the quiet refusal, beneath Hunter's affable, casual manner, to be anything less than he is, neither the "sigh guy" nor a convenient symbol of gay pride. Read full review
70
VarietyDennis HarveyOct 12, 2015
Drawing on a rich array of archival materials, Tab Hunter Confidential is lively and entertaining. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeOct 12, 2015
Solid and informative... the affectionate film benefits from plenty of face time with its frank, amiably plain-vanilla subject. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniNov 19, 2015
It's refreshing to see an actor tell his own story with some real honesty. Overall, however, Tab Hunter Confidential is too much like every other Hollywood True Story out there. Read full review
50
Washington PostStephanie MerryOct 22, 2015
Hunter proves to be an engaging if low-key narrator, whose greatest asset is his refusal to take himself too seriously. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen HoldenOct 15, 2015
Jeffrey Schwarz’s documentary portrait Tab Hunter Confidential is as mild-mannered and blandly likable as its subject. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineClayton DillardOct 11, 2015
The film lacks perspective beyond a rather limited preoccupation with the details of Hunter's personal life. Read full review
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