Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me

2023 1h 56m EN

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6.1

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38%

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METACRITIC

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6.4

IMDB

★6.1TMDB · 80🥫38%Rotten Tomatoes●53Metacritic★6.4IMDB · 3,938

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Synopsis

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From the heights of her modeling fame to her tragic death, this documentary reveals Anna Nicole Smith through the eyes of the people closest to her.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Anna Nicole Smith
Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Grabowski
Self
Patrik Simpson
Self
Pol Atteu
Self
J.D. Ligier
Self
Henley Mohrman
Young Anna
Daniel Smith
Self (archive footage)
Howard Kevin Stern
Self (archive footage)

Credits

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Director: Ursula Macfarlane
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 5

CAST

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Anna Nicole Smith and Marilyn Grabowski and Patrik Simpson carry the top of the cast.

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4 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt16951452 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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5 / 5

WILD

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Only 80 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Ursula Macfarlane directs. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 3 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Anna Nicole Smith and Marilyn Grabowski and Patrik Simpson carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt16951452 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 80 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Sound: Will Chapman
Runtime: 116 min · 1h 56m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me (2023)
Rotten Tomatoes: 38% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 53/100
IMDB rating: 6.4/10 · 3,938 votes
MPAA: TV-MA

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tmdb766221952023-07-15
★ 2/10
This tell-all surface Netflix documentary profiles one of the most famous women of the 1990's and 2000's, and covers the exact same material that I, a non-fan, have seen before. Think of it as "The E! True Hollywood Story (Now with Bewbs!)." Vickie Lynn Marshall was from Mexia, Texas (which is filmed like it's one of Dante's Circles of Hell). Born in 1967, she was a beautiful child who attracted attention almost immediately. She married early, had a child, and ran away from an abusive homelife, ending up dancing in strip clubs in Houston. She met another stripper there who would become a lover, and Vickie changed her name to Nikki. Pictures of Smith (her married name) made their way to Playboy and Guess Jeans, and a model was born. Now known as Anna Nicole Smith, she descended on Los Angeles, taking modeling gigs and an occasional film role (she was offered only $50,000 to appear in "The Mask"?!), and becoming more and more famous for not doing very much. Behind the scenes, she was seeing and married an oil billionaire sixty years older than her. Drugs became a part of Smith's life, starting out as pain medication for her breast augmentation surgery. Her son, Daniel, was by her side as she saw billionaire J. Howard Marshall, and the stripper friend, before her life began to spiral out of control- which was caught on camera by ever-present paparazzi, and eventually her own infamous "reality" show. She died after giving birth to a daughter in 2007, but her life made tabloid headlines even years after she was laid to rest. One of the many flaws in this documentary is an odd one- it's not long enough. We get six hours on serial killers and their "unheard" audio tapes, but less than two hours on a household name who was literally in the public eye for fifteen years? Smith had a rough upbringing, and an hour could have been spent on her parents alone, instead of a gotcha moment that seems tacked on to the end of the film. The film makers could not get some important interviews that could have opened up the documentary either, so Howard K. Stern and Larry Birkhead are relegated to "archive footage" roles. Smith seemed to be surrounded by enablers, some of whom do talk, but she's as much a mystery after the documentary as she is before. Talking about her deep love for Marshall while she was having a fling with her stripper friend is given a pass, as is footage of Smith presenting a giant, inappropriate semi-nude picture of herself to the old man while her toddler son is standing there. Was Smith a pathological liar, an innocent, a narcissist? I don't know, and neither do the film makers. Instead, we unironically get old footage of shamed newsman Brian Williams lecturing the mainstream media and public for treating Smith's death with so much attention before playing video from other news outlets. It's a fine balance between giving the public what they want, and shoving this exposure down our throats. We finally got rid of hanging on Paris Hilton's every move, yet she still tries to get back in the spotlight every couple of years. Is it any better today? No, one of the last articles I saw on Fox News' website was about Demi Lovato's difficulties sticking to preferred pronouns. How many hours did people waste watching Smith's show, or news stories about her daughter's questionable paternity? Or the case that went all the way to the Supreme Court about her husband's estate? What did you do with that knowledge? Just like me after watching this, you hopefully cracked open a book and moved on with your life. I never saw her "reality" show, or paid much attention to her when she was in the news. I don't hate her, I think it's sad that a person would go through all of this to become rich and famous, and to have that same fame completely destroy her life, and the lives of those around her. This isn't a cautionary tale, because very few celebrities today are taking this caution and leading fulfilling lives. I hope her daughter is being raised "normally," and everyone caught in the hurricane existence of Anna Nicole Smith has moved on as well- including the producers of this documentary.

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