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3.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 5 out of 13
  2. Negative: 7 out of 13
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43

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 0 out of 8
  2. Negative: 2 out of 8
  1. Reviewed by: Kevin Fallon
    Apr 7, 2017
    30
    Its examination of the events and of Hefner itself is so transparently revisionist and positive, at least in the two episodes given to critics to screen, that you don’t feel compelled to open your mind at all.
  2. Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Apr 7, 2017
    30
    [A] sniggering white-wash.
  3. Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    Apr 7, 2017
    50
    The series doesn’t go too deeply into several issues raised about Playboy over the years, like exploitation, objectification, and elitism. Instead, when it comes to controversy, American Playboy seems to focus primarily on the accusation that because it flaunted naked women, Playboy was obscene.