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Heidi Fleiss: The Would-Be Madam of Crystal
SPECIAL: HBO, Monday 7/21 at 9:00p (70 minutes)

Heidi Fleiss: The Would-Be Madam of Crystal
Critic Score
Metascore: 57 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
6.2 out of 10
based on 7 reviews
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Starring Heidi Fleiss

Cameras follow Heidi Fleiss as she tries to set up her own male brothel in Nevada.

GENRE(S): Documentary
CREATED BY: Fenton Bailey
Randy Barbato
FIRST AIR DATE: July 21, 2008

What The Critics Said

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75
New York Post Linda Stasi
She's scary as hell, which is why this show works.
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70
PopMatters Cynthia Fuchs
Waiting to move forward, Fleiss finds distractions that become her unexpected focus.
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70
Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
As seen here, by filmmakers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, she is likable but frustrating--both honest and unreliable, a smart, capable woman only half in charge of her own life.
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70
Variety Peter Debruge
Fleiss' best-laid plans go bust, leaving the filmmakers scrambling with a repair job that ultimately results in a more intimate, more revealing character study than originally intended.
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50
San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman
You can't help thinking, watching Fleiss go down to inevitable defeat, that she might have stood a better chance if she hadn't allowed documentary cameras to follow her into Pahrump.
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40
Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond
As is the case with most train wrecks, it's difficult to take your eyes off of Heidi Fleiss in this well-constructed but somewhat pointless HBO documentary about the notorious one-time Hollywood madam's ill-fated attempt to open a legal brothel aimed at a female clientele in the dusty desert burg of Crystal, Nev.
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30
The New York Times Neil Genzlinger
The main achievement of the film, by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, is to make you realize just how accurate Andy Warhol was: 15 minutes is quite enough for people like Ms. Fleiss.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this tv show is 6.2 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Brian W. gave it a10:
An intriguing look at what it's like to be a former madam living in the desert of Nevada while on Crystal Meth. Stuff you need to know!

Charles T. gave it a10:
Simply fascinating. Didn't know much about Heidi Fleiss and had no idea what this film was about before watching. Yes she is clearly a slave to meth but it's clear why she was previously able to 'conquered the world,' as she says. If she ever succeeds she'll be the Rocky Balboa of the sex business.

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