Synopsis
In the 1950s, Tab Hunter is number one at the box office and number one on the music charts. He is Hollywood’s most sought-after star and America’s boy next door. Natalie Wood, Debbie Reynolds and Sophia Loren are just a few of the actresses he is romantically linked to. Nothing, it seems, can damage Tab Hunter’s career. Nothing, that is, except for the fact that Tab Hunter is secretly gay. Now, Tab Hunter’s secret is out. We will meet, for the first time, the real Tab Hunter as he shares with us the whole story of a happy, healthy survivor of Hollywood’s roller coaster.
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Cast
- Tab HunterSelf
- Debbie ReynoldsSelf
- Robert WagnerSelf
- John WatersSelf
- George TakeiSelf
- Clint EastwoodSelf
- Portia de RossiSelf
- Noah WyleSelf
- Lainie KazanSelf
- Connie StevensSelf
Recommendations
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The Playlist
Tab Hunter Confidential is fun and gossipy in the way that great documentaries about Hollywood often are, but it also speaks to a deeper truth about identity and perseverance and the large divide between one's personal and professional life. - 75
RogerEbert.com
Hollywood remains terrified that the hunky male product they’re selling to millions of swooning women might turn out to be gay, and “ruin the fantasy” these fans supposedly covet. One can only wonder if an openly LGBT actor can be as huge today as Tab Hunter was in his day. The verdict is still out on that. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
In all, it’s a relaxed portrait of a likable fellow. - 70
Variety
Drawing on a rich array of archival materials, Tab Hunter Confidential is lively and entertaining. - 70
Village Voice
The movie follows Hunter's life after leaving the Warners, the bad movies and years on the dinner-theater circuit. And it reveals something stronger: the quiet refusal, beneath Hunter's affable, casual manner, to be anything less than he is, neither the "sigh guy" nor a convenient symbol of gay pride. - 70
Los Angeles Times
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. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Solid and informative... the affectionate film benefits from plenty of face time with its frank, amiably plain-vanilla subject. - 50
The New York Times
Jeffrey Schwarz’s documentary portrait Tab Hunter Confidential is as mild-mannered and blandly likable as its subject.
