Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

evening1 What a difference a chance encounter can make! When Anna Nicole Smith says "hello, handsome" to an 86-year-old Texas billionaire who visits the strip club where she gyrated, she sets in motion an exhilarating ascent and dizzying plummet to despair and death.Smith loved the seeming adoration that always eluded her growing up but when it demanded too much from her -- as in posing nude for Playboy -- she became hopelessly addicted to alcohol and prescription drugs.Not only is Agnes Bruckner a dead-ringer for the platinum-blonde bombshell but she creates a very convincing portrait of a woman who never lied to J. Howard Marshall ("Paw-paw) or promised to be monogamous. Either someone was terrific at makeup and prosthetics, or the role called for Bruckner to gain a huge amount of weight. Either way we watch in a kind of horror as we observe Anna's descent into self-destruction and debauchery. Martin Landau is surprisingly endearing as the magnate charmed by his "lady love" and last chance at affection, if only of the platonic sort."The woman has given me a reason to keep breathing!" he exults to his son, played with icy conviction by Cary Elwes.The wheelchair-bound Marshall is instantly smitten by Anna, but depicted as lucid when he seemingly adopts and then weds Anna -- but not necessarily all-there when he agrees, close to his end, to cede all financial control over his fortune to his son.Also turning in a powerful performance is Graham Patrick Martin as the child Anna had while still a teenager. Anna and Danny grew up together and he seems to take on a fatherly role toward the end of the story.While Anna's devoted lawyer, Howard K. Stern, is depicted here as a socially insecure man with seemingly nothing else going on in his life, photographer Larry Birkhead is given even less examination. We learn nothing about Anna's reported/apparent decision to exclude him from any role involving the daughter he fathers in her last year of life. Such quibbles don't add up to much in a solidly satisfying production that will deepen viewers' understanding of a compellingly tragic personality.

amesmonde Following the rocky road and life a times of Playboy model and 'actress' Anna Nicole Smith up to her untimely death of 39.Actress Agnes Bruckner delivers a fine portray of the larger than life troubled Anna Nicole/Vicky Lynn. While not being an Anna look-a-like Bruckner certainly captures Anna's spirit and persona, at times effectively laying down some of heart wrenching scenes. Although this a steppingstone presentation of her life, it covers the main highs and lows but leaves you with a lingering feeling that it's a little rushed. The acting for the most part is impressive especially from Bruckner, Cary Elwes - Marshall's son, Virginia Madsen - Anna's mother and Martin Landau as billionaire J. Howard Marshall. American Psycho (2000) director Mary Harron keeps it interesting and fast paced. The prosthetic make-up effects of Anna's assets and weight gain are particularly notable.The Anna's voice from the grave aspect, her younger self and Marilyn Monroe vision/dream additions scripted by Joe Batteer and John Rice keep the proceedings at times eerily compelling.Its an especially well made for a TV movie and thankfully treats the departed with respect while at the same time being entertaining and highlighting the superficial world of celebrities. As an anti-drug movie look no further and to the producers credit ironically and in contrast to Anna's real life job offers it's certainly not a cheap cash-in.

Danny Blankenship Once again Lifetime does another terrific job on a real life movie this time the real life story of former Playboy pinup and playmate Anne Nicole Smith is told in a tragic and wicked way that shows life is sad. And it's true this beauty had her real life destroyed one by one with drugs, good times, money and one night stands. I growing up in the 90's remember the big chested Anne Nicole in Playboy and commercials and even some film work, and by watching this movie it shed more light on how she came to a tragic end. Starting with her early days as a small town Texas girl it's a rocky start with Anne being in a single home and quickly she becomes a single mother forced to work her way up to a stripper in Houston, Texas. Still images are in Anne's head of seeing Marilyn Monroe as Ms. Smith wants to be another Playboy playmate. Well then it's on to breast implants, before the magazine cover shoot and commercial deal. And after being named playmate of the year it's the love duo with the two Howard's one an old rich oil tycoon the other a rich power hungry attorney. Along the way this well chested beauty is sexy wearing her colored bras, yet her downfall is to much of a fun time with party time and her abuse of prescription drugs! And one after one night stand finally leads to another child that a little girl with a photo guy named Larry. Thru it all from rehab to crazy TV deals and courtroom drama ending with her son Danny's death the drugs and fame finally do Anne Nicole Smith in for a tragic death at age 39. Overall good tragic and sad TV movie of a beauty who's life had gone so wrong she went way off the track.

cinemaniac2002 TV biopics rarely have the sort of depth that a feature has. I was looking forward to this one because I've always admired and enjoyed Director Mary Harron's work. But not even a really good cast and director could make this film any deeper than its subject matter. In all fairness, there wasn't that much to say without speculating -- which wasn't really the purpose of the film.Fresh on the heels of the amazing HBO documentary called "Love, Marilyn," I was anxious to see how Anna Nicole's story would unfold, given that Marilyn Monroe was such an obvious inspiration for Anna Nicole. Certainly, if anyone in this century embodied sex appeal in some of the same ways as Marilyn, it would be Anna. However, unlike Marilyn - there was really never any attempt apparent that she took acting very seriously as Marilyn did. I'd be interested to know how much Lifetime producers may have interfered with the production of Anna Nicole because that would be a sure indicator of a less than stellar production to follow.I wasn't expecting all that much, given the subject matter - but I was at least expecting a more enlightening rendering of it. It's not bad enough not to see -- but it was nothing that merits seeing again, for sure.