2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!

DipitySkillful an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

jlchase It seems the writers and producers just glossed over the Bobbie Arnstein tragedy. If you're just watching episode 8, "Sex, Drugs and DEA investigations" you would get the impression that Arnstein was arrested for merely shaking hands with her boyfriend's dealer. Unless you went to the General Trivia add ins, you wouldn't know that Arnstein was recorded discussing the cocaine deal with her boyfriend and his dealer.What also stood out for me was the date, 1971. This was way before the cocaine flood in the late 70's and early 80's. Before Pablo Escobar, Carlos Lehder, George Jung and the Medillin Cartel. This was at a time when cocaine was manufactured in labs in Chile and Pinochet was cracking down hard on them because it funded leftist groups determined to bring down his dictatorship - watch Season 1, Episode 1 of "Narcos". So cocaine was relatively hard to get and much more expensive. Only Hollywood elites and Wall Street brokers could afford it - the champagne of drugs.So why would Arnstein get involved in drugs? She had a good job, she lived at the mansion and how did she or her boyfriend have enough cash to purchase 1/2 pound of cocaine? I don't know if it's true in the real case, but I did notice that the same attorney that advised Hef not to say anything was also the same attorney that defended Arnstein. Conflict of interest? Was he there to defend Arnstein or protect Hef by denying her cooperation with the DEA? Was Hef brought up in these tapes?I don't believe the theory that Hef was a drug trafficker, Playboy was at its zenith, he didn't need the money. I also don't think Hef was a coke user, you don't live to 91 years snorting lines, but I do think it's possible that Hef could have bowls of coke available for his guests as a status symbol of his success. I think it would be naive to think it didn't happen at his parties and that Arnstein was possibly sent on a mission to bring coke back to the Playboy mansion. Her boyfriend and his dealer cooperated with the DEA, but they didn't have access to Hef, Arnstein did, she may have implicated Hef in the wiretap and because she refused to cooperate, she was hit with the toughest sentence. An aggressive US Attorney doesn't guarantee a conviction. 12 jurors had to unanimously agree that Arnstein was guilty. Maybe after realizing she just got sentenced to 15 years for protecting the man that sent her to get the coke in the first place and then promptly fired her and booted her out of the mansion after getting pinched that she decided to murder herself. It would be easy for Hef to blame the DEA and calling them corrupt, rather than admit that he may have been behind the whole debacle.

Eddie_weinbauer The guy playing Hugh Hefner ,is so bad and so little charming I can't understand why he was chosen. His look radiate the kind of sleazy, you expect in someone hitting on the babysitter. Instead of the old distinguished charm Heffner is known for.Since this is sort of like a documentary, they really go out of their way,to glorify Playboy as anything else,than the porn mag it is/was. There is very little balance in the stuff presented. Heffner comes off as a control freak Let's be real here folks,nobody really buy playboy for the articles.I didn't read it in the 60-70's.But I came across one or two issues, in the 80s and 90s. And let's be real. The thing playboy is most known for is: The parties,The bunnies,The celebrities who choose to pose nude in it. And that is what is missing from this whole reenactment documentary.The celebrities who posed for playboy, talking about their playboy experience.Why they chose playboy,how it was for them,did they ever go to a playboy party before or after they posed etc. What is was like for them afterwards.How their parents reacted etc.They interview a few male celebs.(Gene Simmons and James Caan,are the only ones) the rest is mostly Ex bunnies. There are so much more they could've done,to make this a more interesting documentary.Instead they have a lot of scenes that don't really show Hugh in a flattery term,where he constantly date someone who posed for the mag,or work for him. But all in all, he comes out of this series/documentary quite squeaky clean.I had to laugh a few times,when he goes to debate angry feminists. And he more or less,get slaughtered. I got the impression,he expect them to embrace him. For someone who wanted to debate them in public,on live TV no less. He seem ill prepared,in terms of counter arguments to their strong and radical claims. And as to why they should be on his side.Even his son agree with them

Sandoz If you expect to be taken seriously and claim that your film is a DOCUMENTARY, including dramatic re-creations with actors playing the real-life persons in ridiculously staged "greatest hits" of events in their lives instantly destroys any semblance of credibility.Either make a bio-pic, or a true documentary. You can't have it both ways.Worthless.

GeoPierpont I had an annual subscription to Playboy while I was in Grad School. That is saying something as I could barely afford food but loved this publication as a sweet indulgence. This series was intriguing, beguiling and fascinating.Hef experienced extreme heart break when he found out his first love was cheating on him and then proceeded to insure his future relationships would never encounter such betrayal, what a supreme hypocrite!!The history of the magazine and subsequent enterprises were detailed with interest and the many challenges and frustrations with first amendment rights are commendable.The women were stunning, kind, and most of all very supportive of the Playboy brand. So even if Gloria Steinem revealed the seedy side of being a Bunny it was parlayed as an exploitation journalist which I feel was extremely unfair.No doubt this is a controversial subject to both men and women but I found when I accepted this foray into pornography it actually helped my marriage, so I cannot complain.High recommend for fans of First Amendment rights, gorgeous naked women, and of course those in-depth interviews. No comparison to what is available online these dayz!