Video Review

Dirty Pictures (2012)

Reviewed by Bruce Fretts | Nov 24, 2000
EW's GRADE
B-

Details Movie Rated: R; Genre: Drama; With: James Woods; Distributor: Showtime Networks Inc.

Reenacting the real-life case of a Cincinnati curator (Woods) prosecuted on obscenity charges for displaying an exhibit of Robert Mapplethorpe photos, the made-for-Showtime docudrama Dirty Pictures constitutes a convincing civics lesson in the importance of protecting the First Amendment. What the filmmakers don't seem to realize is that — given the audience will consist of people interested in watching a movie called Dirty Pictures — they're preaching to the converted. B-

Originally posted Nov 24, 2000 Published in issue #570 Nov 24, 2000 Order article reprints
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