RyothChatty ridiculous rating

Tetrady not as good as all the hype

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

mcollins-78667 Fine if you want to watch the clips, Hudson had a surprisingly large body of work.Misleading at first, the narrator (who is indeed creepy) suggests that he is presenting Hudson's words that he himself wrote. After 15 minutes I realized not a chance that he wrote this drivel.The creator of this so called documentary doesn't have much/any respect for the audience and their judgement, or for Hudson himself it seems.And the premise of people being 'shocked' at his sexuality is a myth. I honestly don't know anyone who reacted in that way. Hudson was a good entertainer in the vehicles he appeared in, not many of which were high brow. But he enjoyed his work, and flashed his lovely smile frequently to show that.It is senseless to denigrate his life by trying to reduce him to a sexual stereotype, There is a danger in suggesting Hudson was laughing at the general public for being so easily duped. I just don't think he was like that.

shancock-4 This is one man's adolescent self-involved riff of what he imagines to be all things gay hidden in the films of Rock Hudson, narrated as if he is Rock Hudson speaking in the first person. Criterion has inexplicably included this on the DVD & Blu-ray of "All That Heaven Allows", as if it's assumed the target audience for this film must have an arch camp sensibility that primarily appreciates Douglas Sirk (or Hudson or Wyman, or who knows? Agnes Moorehead?) from that angle. This is offensive and insulting to anyone who really likes this film or the people involved. It is disrespectful to the memory of Rock Hudson and a joke to gay people, film students, and any true lover of cinema. I used to think Criterion and others included supplementary material and audio commentaries of more abstruse scholars with the intention of being cutting-edge and providing an intellectual platform for further discussion. With "Rock Hudson's Home Movies" I wonder now if the purpose isn't just to include space for whoever can display the most spectacular masturbatory display towards the subject. There is nothing remotely intellectual or even intelligent in this supplement. Finally, I can't imagine who would actually enjoy watching this, outside of some stoned skateboarder steeped in "Cruising" while dressed in a poodle-skirt. Yeesh!

stevienbain2 This film is unwatchable... The picture quality itself is very poor (2011 DVD). The title is misleading... there are no Rock Hudson home movies... This is a selection of poor quality video clips from Rock Hudson films with an actor supposedly speaking for Rock. I very much doubt he would have agreed with ANYTHING this so called documentary has to say (it says nothing about Rock but speaks volumes about the director of this garbage).I bought this as I thought it would give an insight to Rock Hudsons private life and thoughts, it does nothing for the man or the actor. He was a man of his time and should be appreciated for the roles he created on screen... Avoid this nonsense.

blanche-2 "Rock Hudson's Home Movies" is a compilation of film clips by Mark Rappaport that shows many of the gay references and innuendos in Hudson's films. Rappaport is the voice of Rock. It's a snide narration; he doesn't sound like Hudson, and he beats us over the head with the obvious.The film clips are very enjoyable. In fact, however, you can go through the career of just about any actor and pull these sorts of clips. It's true that because people like Douglas Sirk and Ross Hunter knew about Hudson's sexuality, however, there are probably more in-jokes in Hudson's films.An actor's screen image and an actor's true personality and sexual proclivities are completely different things. Hudson projected the heroic looks and physique of a movie star, and what he got were movie star romantic leading man roles. If he'd looked like Wally Cox, the film clips would be quite different. Straight actors have played gay roles, and gay or bisexual actors have played straight roles for years. It's called acting. Hudson lived as he wanted in his private life, and by all accounts, enjoyed himself. The sad thing is that he had to go through a sham marriage and put forward something different than he was for the fan magazines. That was the price of fame when he was a star. He paid it.