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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- Pamela, A Love Story may not feel particularly revelatory, but its sheer pathos is undeniable.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIf you watch “Pamela, A Love Story,” you will probably discover a few things: that you like Pamela Anderson more than you realized, that she’s probably nicer than you think, that she’s an open book, that her sons are eminently normal and proud of her, and that she has some of the worst taste in men of any woman in public life. (She makes even Liza Minnelli seem lucky in love.)
- 75The Associated PressLindsey BahrThe Associated PressLindsey Bahr[Anderson] is still that open book, disarmingly funny and candid and uncynical, sitting there beautifully makeup free, letting the filmmakers and audience peer into her soul through many pages of journals going back to her childhood. It is a captivating watch, especially for those who never thought much about her at all.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperIt would seem to be a tall task for director Ryan White (“Good Night Oppy”) to find a fresh way to tell the tale — but thanks in large part to the 55-year-old Anderson’s funny, warm, smart and engaging presence as she literally opens the doors to her home and the pages of her diaries, “Pamela, A Love Story” is a fascinating albeit obviously sympathetic take on Anderson’s life and times.
- 70The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyThe collision of her good-faith lack of inhibition with institutionalized misogyny makes this Canadian’s biography a very disquieting American story.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreIt is very much “A Love Story,” letting Anderson do almost all of the talking.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawGentle, friendly, faintly bleary – and sans makeup – Pamela Anderson is an authentically likable screen presence in this intimate, if somehow elusive, documentary portrait from Ryan White; it is about her life and times and the super-strength misogyny she has faced from liberals and satirists in the long endgame of her celebrity career.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergThe Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergMaybe it isn’t exactly that Pamela, a love story is unrevelatory. It’s just that what it reveals is that once you get past the tabloid-friendly headlines from the ’90s and ’00s, the actual Pamela Anderson is a fairly smart, fairly funny and fairly boring — not in a critical way at all, just in a way that runs counter to expectations — woman who just wants love. She also — and this actually is a problem — has always been a fairly candid interview subject.
- 60The TelegraphAnita SinghThe TelegraphAnita SinghAt times it edges towards the saccharine. The director asks no challenging questions, and the only other people to appear in the film are Anderson’s supportive sons, Brandon and Dylan.