The People vs. Larry Flynt - 5

This is the biography of Larry Flynt, the publisher and owner of Hustler Magazine. It portrays him as a hero for free speech, as he was involved in many court cases, culminating in his case with Jerry Falwell going to the Supreme Court. He was also shot while existing a courthouse which left him paralyzed from the waist down (He then develops a strange accent, maybe a minor acting/directing flaw). The film also shows part of his possible conversion to Christianity by Ruth Carter Stapleton, Jimmy Carter's sister. And his rejection of it after he is shot. This segment is the most confusing of the film because they leave the scenes short so the audience can only imply things rather than hearing it explicitly. Courtney Love does a good job of portraying Mrs. Flynt who became a drug addict and died of AIDS. Edward Norton is also good as Flynt's lawyer, Alan Isaacman. I'm not so sure he is the hero that he is portrayed as, but rather that he was more fanatical than most and gained a lot of publicity by it.