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Tab Hunter Confidential
Directed by
Jeffrey Schwarz
Not Rated
2015
1h 31m
Documentary
,
Biography
7.5
89%
96%
7.3
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The story of matinee idol Tab Hunter from teenage stable boy to closeted Hollywood star of the 1950s.
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Cast of Tab Hunter Confidential
Tab Hunter
Self / Author
Debbie Reynolds
Self
Robert Wagner
Self
John Waters
Self
George Takei
Self
Clint Eastwood
Self
Portia De Rossi
Self
Noah Wyle
Self
Lainie Kazan
Self
Connie Stevens
Self
Liz Torres
Self
Dolores Hart
Self
Don Murray
Self
Robert Osborne
Self
Darryl Hickman
Self
Anthony Perkins
Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman
Self (archive footage)
Natalie Wood
Self (archive footage)
James Dean
Self (archive footage)
Rock Hudson
Self (archive footage)
Tab Hunter Confidential Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
Hunter's memories of a double life in the waning days of the studio system are fascinating.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
Tab Hunter Confidential is a well-crafted if not particularly deep bio-documentary of the genial actor, who is now 84 years old and provides a number of on-camera recollections.
Windy City Times
Richard Knight
Those with an interest in both Hollywood and queer history will find much to like here.
Salt Lake Tribune
Sean P. Means
The retired actor charms by showing himself to be as reluctant at being a gay icon as he was at being a '50s heartthrob.
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
John Wirt
A documentary that's at its best when it's dealing with the irony of Hunter as a heartthrob to millions of young woman and a closeted gay man.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Tirdad Derakhshani
It's refreshing to see an actor tell his own story with some real honesty. Overall, however, Tab Hunter Confidential is too much like every other Hollywood True Story out there.
HeraldNet (Everett, WA)
Robert Horton
Hunter comes across as genial and private, a gentle fellow who prefers raising horses (a lifelong interest) to showbiz.
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
John Beifuss
Film buffs especially are likely to enjoy this entertaining documentary, which explains how a literal choirboy became "six feet of rugged manhood to stir the heart of every woman" (even while one of his most passionate affairs was with Anthony Perkins).
Seattle Times
John Hartl
Schwarz deftly demonstrates how frightened 1950s Hollywood was of the sexuality of its stars.
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter V. Addiego
In all, it's a relaxed portrait of a likable fellow.
East Bay Express
Kelly Vance
[Hunter] comes across as a genuinely sincere, unassuming man cursed by magnetic beauty, grateful for his showbiz career yet relieved to be out of the glare.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
Schwarz and Hunter never dig all that deep - in fact, it all seems pretty tame by today's reality TV standards - but the film remains an evocative, enjoyable ride.
Washington Post
Stephanie Merry
The movie, directed by Jeffrey Schwarz, begins to feel like a bait-and-switch.
RogerEbert.com
Odie Henderson
Director Jeffrey Schwarz has made an entertaining, fast-paced and informative film.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
For nostalgists and anyone who likes to gawk at pictures of pretty celebrities at their peak of beauty, there is plenty to look at.
Village Voice
Charles Taylor
Hunter, casual and good-humored throughout, tells a story that defies expectations ...
Slant Magazine
Clayton Dillard
The film lacks perspective beyond a rather limited preoccupation with the details of Hunter's personal life.
Variety
Dennis Harvey
A colorful, likable and unpretentious look at the 1950s Hollywood dreamboat who was living a closeted gay life even as he was marketed as every bobbysoxer's ideal boyfriend.
The Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
If the narrative proceeds at a relatively by-the-numbers pace, with few revelations and considerably less excitement than attended a memoir Hunter penned with Eddie Muller a decade ago, it at least has a heartwarming finale.
Austin Chronicle
Kate X Messer
The real star, of course, is Tab himself, now in his early 80s, still fit and fine, gracious in testifying to the complexity of life in a Hollywood closet and comfortable in his resolve to live true in his very out skin. Sigh.
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