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Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

fedor8 I had never considered Jeremy particularly likable. To me he was always this barely amiable porn actor who seemed like a media whore, hell-bent on being everywhere all the time. Every time I saw him in a video or a in movie cameo I had an immediate "oh, no, not him again!" reaction. But just how extreme that drive for fame is in him, surprised even me. His hunger for being noticed even rivals that of most Hollywood stars. Even Marilyn Monroe's willingness to do ANYTHING for fame pales by comparison! His drive for notoriety perhaps even rivals Princess Diana's willingness to do anything for money! (If that's actually possible.) However, as the documentary ploughed on, I realized that Jeremy isn't such a bad guy after all. Quite the opposite. In fact, he is more to be pitied than anything else. Not that I believe that he is unhappy, but his ambitions of being taken seriously as an actor - the ultimate cliché in porn biz, especially among women - make him somewhat of a tragic figure. Fortunately, he doesn't quite see himself in this light, hence he enjoys life to the fullest, the incurable glutton that he is, still not realizing that he will never come anywhere close to being anything more than a clown who did plenty of porn.The documentary doesn't suck up to him, i.e. plenty of negative, non-flattering opinions about him by various people are shown here, which is essential for a documentary to be a real documentary and not just a mere propaganda film (like Michael Moore's fantasy films for the politically retarded).The world of porn has always been a fascinating one, nothing new there, so the fact that this film is interesting was not a surprise.

gftbiloxi Ron Jeremy was not always the fat, slightly slovenly looking man he is today. When he entered the pornography business in the late 1970s he was reasonably if not uniquely attractive, determined to make a name for himself on stage and screen as a serious actor, and he saw pornography as a way to pay the bills and make contacts in the film industry.The idea was not quite as far-out as it might seem. At the time, pornography was a big screen venue and films came with plots, dialogue, and reasonable budgets. As it happened, Jeremy had what it took to be a porn star and then some: a nine and three-quarters inch endowment and the amazing ability to control it on cue. But he failed to recognize a well-established show business fact that not even such legendary (and comparatively discreet) performers as Gypsy Rose Lee could overcome. Once a stripper, always a stripper. Once a porn star, always a porn star.Twenty years after he made his adult film debut Ron Jeremy is still a porn star, only these days he is a chunky, sloppy one who commands a following largely due to his unlikely appearance and quasi-comic persona and who continues the career thanks to that near-inhuman control. And even as he takes a monthly AIDS test, scrambles for extra and bit work in mainstream film, and makes one porn flick after another he continues to dream of a "legitimate" acting career that will never come.In theory, it is the stuff of both great comedy and great tragedy, but this fairly short documentary is neither; it has a touch of pathos, a touch of humor, but it never goes far enough in its exploration of Jeremy as a human being. I did laugh a little and I did feel a bit sorry for him, but the big questions were never asked and the big issues were never more than indicated. In the end, I feel like I met Jeremy at a party in passing--and when he left the room I knew little more about him than I did when he first came in.GFT, Amazon Reviewer

macvader999 Maybe it was the fact that I watched it at 2am, that I knew very little about Ron Jeremy, or that I was probably in the mood for an action movie but I found Porn Star: The legend of Ron Jeremy to be too slow moving. Despite its slowness, Porn Star did a good job of portraying Ron Jeremy as your average joe and not only as a porn king. So for those of you who envy Ron Jeremy and his particular endowment this documentary will help shed the light on how Jeremy actually lives his life. It goes to show that people will always want what they cannot have. For example, many men envy what Jeremy has in terms of physical endowment and success but it has not led to ultimate happiness for Ron. In fact, he wants to become a serious actor but that would be nearly impossible considering his past in the porn industry. Also, Jeremy talks about how he hasn't really been able to love anyone or have a serious relationship because of his work. I suppose the moral of the story is to be thankful for what you have and to do the best you can with it.

dbborroughs Stumbling upon this late last night on cable I decided to give it a go. This is the life of one of the longest surviving porn actors in the business. Two things that struck me was that Ron seems like he's an extremely nice guy. He's the type of guy that you'd want at your party because he's so interested in having fun. The other thing that struck me was that despite the upbeat demeanor it was all terribly sad. Its not that the life is a bad thing, rather its simply that Ron is trying so hard to be "Ron - Superstar" and to break into mainstream movies that he's completely missed the chance of having anything approaching a what is considered a normal life, there is no girlfriend, wife or family, there is only the drive to be famous. You can sense the sadness in him, in talking about his girlfriends, the desire of kids. I also found it telling when he said that he looked for certain things at a party, and mentioned that food rated higher than women.I liked the film, but was left both liking Ron more than before and being left clueless as to why we should care. Definitely worth seeing7 out of 10