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It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

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The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

"Rocco" opens with porn actor Rocco Siffredi talking about a "devil between his legs," his dark side that is permanently threatening to destroy his life. It's too bad that the filmmakers never make any effort to expose this devil and instead seem give their subject complete control over their project. The result is definitely interesting, and sporadically very funny, but unfortunately shies away from Rocco's darkest fears and the low-points of his life. For those unaware, Rocco is a porn actor known for very rough scenes, though apparently (judging from this movie, at least) the work atmosphere on his sets is quite friendly and supportive of the women he works with. You could obviously question if the team is always this nice to the actresses, even when they are not being filmed by outsiders or the women decide in the last minute they don't want to do the really hard stuff, and since the directors rarely interview the porn stars without Rocco present, that element of the film doesn't hold up to much scrutiny. We just have to believe the movie that Rocco is always a nice guy to every girl he has sex in front of a camera with, and your willingness to sympathize with the main character in his more emotional scenes will likely depend on wether you go along with that or not. Speaking of emotional scenes, there are a couple in which Siffredi talks about his family life growing up, or his family life now, and in these moments he seems honest and open about his feelings. However, once more the film suffers from a lack of outside perspective from people who might give a more critical account of our star's private behaviour. The scenes with his sons in particular are awkward to watch, and you can clearly see how uncomfortable they are with being filmed while their dad talks to them about porn. Most of the movie is centered around Rocco with very few outsiders commenting on the man or his work. One is his wife, though we only get a few lines from her about how great a guy her husband is. Another is his cousin and co-worker Gabby, though he serves more as comedic relief (the disappointed look on his face after Siffredi simplifies a set piece he thought of is hilarious and sad at the same time) than he does provide a different viewpoint on the hardcore scenes he films. The only person who manages to take the spotlight away from Rocco and affect the way we see him is fellow porn actress Kelly Stafford, who stole the movie for me. Not only does she offer a female opinion on porn of Rocco's caliber, her friendship with the man, which ostensibly goes much deeper than a mere business relationship, is also very believable and heartwarming. Overall, if you're interested in how porn scenes are filmed, this film might be of interest to you. Just don't expect it to be very critical of its subject.

It's about a porn actor. It's about the porn industry, so from the start it is a divisive subject. But I think what most people fail to realise is that women are paid a lot more than men in the porn industry and it is a career they have chosen. Is it for everyone? No. I have to call out the kink shaming in these comments... yeah bdsm isn't everyone's cup of tea but for some people it's a lifestyle choice, and as a category of porn, it is obviously popular, the female actors also talk a lot about how much they enjoy it- they have chosen that type of porn because it's something they enjoy. I think Rocco Siffredi has a very sado-masochistic personality, which has been complicated by his catholic upbringing and the guilt he feels; he likes pain, but he also likes giving it, but if it's consensual, which in the documentary it is, then I don't see an issue with it. Yes the story he recounts about his mother's friend was disturbing. I don't agree with his actions, but he clearly has some issues with sex addiction and has had these issues for most of his life from the stories he recounts from his childhood. I can see that the film is a bit of a vanity project, but I don't think it is nearly as terrible as people are saying. I think they are confusing being confronted by the subject matter and the quality of the documentary. The documentary itself is not badly made, there are actually some interesting conversations within the film. I found the comment that we don't see anything about his real life a bit ridiculous... you see him at home, you see him with his family, you see him missing his wife as he talks to her on the phone, you hear him talk about the loss of his brother and his mother, he talks about his father, he argues with his cousin... there is actually a lot about his life in there.So yes, as a documentary it is a bit self congratulatory (keeping in mind that every documentary contains bias) but I still found it interesting and a worthwhile watch but if you can't stomach the porn scenes it's not the documentary for you.

So he's a porn star who is obsessed with his own Mother but gets off on hurting and humiliating girls he is attracted too...... Hmm? Norman Bates anyone? He said his mother was protective and would defend him and she would go after people using various things as weapons. Who were these people and why did he need protection from Mama? To be honest my opinion of the porn industry wasn't changed by this effort. I just see damaged goods who are making a living from letting us see them mating.

I want to believe that people, who venture out creatively and do the things that they do to make something, are complex and interesting. This expo leaves only my imagination to fill in the blanks of many questions I have regarding the life and times of Rocco Siffredi. I am left to wonder that all Rocco has to say, after 90 minutes, is that there is a sexual void in his life, and nothing can fill it? Rocco is tortured emotionally by the death of his brother at a young age and his Mother much later in life. His Mom, in the interim, has shaped whom we know as Rocco the porn star today. The films ambiguity makes it confusing to watch, however, as a surveyor of pornographic material, it compels this viewer to wonder, is there anything more I need to ask about Rocco? On the surface I find a man too manly to admit that he may need some type of treatment to deal with what may be a disorder of his mind. He subjects the viewer to his tormented state, and surrounds himself with enablers who validate his "God" only gift, Rocco's sexuality. It is literally a "Passion Play". On the bright side I did find the filming of it beautiful, equivalent too watching a porn without the close ups of naughty bits plugged into each other. I do empathize with reviewers' observations about the mistreatment of women in the porn industry, and for that the film supplies us with porn actress, Kelly Stafford, to dispel that notion and ground the viewer with a feminist point of view. In closing I ask myself is Rocco as interesting as I would like to think someone in his situation would be? The answer is a resounding no, and this disappoints me. Maybe on the surface most people who do pornography are merely normal with heightened sexual prowess and that is all. It's not a disparaging thing to say and maybe had Rocco been a pioneer of pornography; this look into his life could have worked. Again I am not slamming the documentary, I'm left with stones unturned. Instead of honesty from Rocco, I only have his disturbed void and the fact that he may never fill whatever it is.