Money Shot: The Pornhub Story

TV-MA

2023

1 hr. 33 min.

Documentary

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84%

31 Reviews

Tomatometer

66%

100+ Ratings

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Pornhub, the internet's most famous adult entertainment platform, fundamentally changed how pornography is made and distributed. This enabled erotic content creators to reach a massive audience while the company made billions of dollars -- but it also became embroiled in allegations including non-consensual material and trafficking on the site. As anti-trafficking organizations seek justice for victims, can the online giant protect those from whom they profit, or is this a new wave of censorship for adult performers making consensual porn?

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Critics Consensus

Without sensationalizing it, Money Shot: The Pornhub Story undresses the pornographic industry, revealing the problematic financial truth and politics at its core.

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Jonathan A

It was ok for what it was but without cooperation from sone of the execs it's really very one sided. Seemed very rushed and should have spent more time on the history of the company. I'd I've been curious to hear sone of the law makers about the recent law that was passed. Or further explore slightly the control that just the few credit card processors can control on everyone's "free speech". The focus seemed to be my "free speech " but used the porn hub brand to get views.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/19/23

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Cem Y

It had a good promise, but the structure was not great. The message was not clear which is a usual thing in such documentaries where the incidents are told by the people in the documentary.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/29/23

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Alonso I

A really well made documentary that shows the reality behind the scenes of the porn industry.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/28/23

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Dan R

'Money Shot: The Pornhub Story' is the Netflix documentary not to watch with your parents! SYNOPSIS: 'Follow the rise of the most famous adult entertainment platform and the recent backlash it has received.' Is this the most controversial documentary on Netflix? Well I guess it depends what your sensitivities are, but being such a controversial topic, the biggest positive of this documentary is to offer as many points of view as possible on difficult subjects. This doesn't demonise porn or the porn industry but it does show that when the pure focus is capitalism things can go horribly wrong. The issues raised within this documentary are deeply concerning and it appears no executives have been taken to task yet. Fascinating. 7/10

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/23/23

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Robin H

This was like watching wall paper peel. The topics presented could have been covered in 5 minutes. I expected more. Maybe I fell asleep, but I don't remember any mention of amateur content where people make their own videos and upload them primarily for fun and excitement rather than to be professional porn stars.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/06/23

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Morgan

I am so over movie after movie of this content.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/02/23

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Suzanne Hillinger

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Nicki Carrico

Producer

Suzanne Hillinger

Producer

Stacey Offman

Executive Producer

Richard Perello

Executive Producer

Iris Ng

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Katie Rife

Polygon

It’s titillation with a side of radicalization.

Mar 22, 2023

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

A thoughtful look at a controversy unlikely to fade away, so long as modern technology and prurient interests continue to exist.

Mar 21, 2023

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Camilla Long

Times (UK)

A powerful and well-made documentary...

Mar 21, 2023

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Rudie Obias

Battle Royale With Cheese

This is a great look into one of the adult entertainment industry’s biggest websites.

Jul 5, 2023

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Alejandro Lingenti

La Nación (Argentina)

Being such a controversial topic, the biggest merit of this documentary is to offer as many points of view as possible. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Apr 11, 2023

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Stephen Silver

Tilt Magazine

A fascinating exploration of porn's culture wars

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 10, 2023

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Synopsis

Pornhub, the internet's most famous adult entertainment platform, fundamentally changed how pornography is made and distributed. This enabled erotic content creators to reach a massive audience while the company made billions of dollars -- but it also became embroiled in allegations including non-consensual material and trafficking on the site. As anti-trafficking organizations seek justice for victims, can the online giant protect those from whom they profit, or is this a new wave of censorship for adult performers making consensual porn?

Director: Suzanne Hillinger
Executive Producer: Stacey Offman, Richard Perello
Distributor: Netflix
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 15, 2023

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