Synopsis
Mockumentary look at Playgirl Magazine centerfold and 1992 Man of the Year, Dirk Shafer, who kept it a secret from the magazine that he is gay. Most of the film is a fictionalized retelling of Dirk's decision to send a photograph to Playgirl, his selection as a centerfold and then Man of the Year, his many TV interviews, his friend Vivian Paxton posing as his beard, and the pressures from his live-in lover to come out of the closet. Interspersed with this chronological narrative are a black and white look at an evening Dirk spends with Angela Lucassey, a woman from Reno who wins Playgirl's national contest to have a date with Dirk, and an interview with a stripper who tracks Dirk down.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
3.1%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
16.4%
Critic Consensus
0.0% Fresh • 4 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely negative, with 0% of 4 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize funny, romantic, character-driven. Many reviews cite execution consistency as the main reasons it falls short.
funnyromanticcharacter-drivenemotionalvisually strikingthought-provoking
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score25.0
RT critic review count16
Rotten Tomatoes audience score20.0
RT audience rating count25
IMDb rating5.9
IMDb votes358
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 1996 | $209,935 | $419,736 |
| International | 1996 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 1996 | $209,935 | $419,736 |
Earnings / Profitability
Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 1996 | $104,968 | $209,868 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 1996 | N/A | N/A |
| Digital Purchases ? | 1996 | N/A | N/A |
| Physical Rentals ? | 1996 | $3,163,000 | $6,323,984 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 1996 | $3,747,000 | $7,491,612 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 1996 | $94,471 | $188,881 |
| Total Revenues | 1996 | $7,109,438 | $14,214,345 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 1996 | $250,000 (est) | $499,841 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 1996 | $168,000 (est) | $335,893 (est) |
| Participations | 1996 | $284,000 | $567,819 |
| Residuals ? | 1996 | $507,000 | $1,013,677 |
| Interest & Overhead | 1996 | $50,000 | $99,968 |
| Total Expenses | 1996 | $1,259,000 | $2,517,198 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 1996 | $5,850,438 | $11,697,148 |
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Tooltips
- Budget Estimated using Machine Learning
- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $3,738,000, DVD $8,000, BluRay $0
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
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Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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