Parents' Guide to Money Shot: The Pornhub Story

Movie NR 2023 94 minutes
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story movie poster: Front of a woman shown from the nose to mid-thigh region, with shoulder-length, straight blonde hair, floral body tattoos, and mouth slightly open, wearing an animal-print thong and matching top and graphic-created hand-like images that cover the breast and vaginal areas

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Sabrina McFarland By Sabrina McFarland , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 15+

In-depth docu looks at online sex site; language, violence.

Parents Need to Know

Why Age 15+?

Any Positive Content?

  • Still from Money Shot: The Pornhub Story: Siri Dahl, who is White and is identified as a porn performer, has a smartphone conversation with a client, wearing a pale pink top that matches her hair of a similar color
  • Still from Money Shot: The Pornhub Story: Asa Akira, who identifies as Japanese American and a Pornhub ambassador, in a firsthand interview discussing the company, wearing a light-colored tank top, floral tattoos on the left shoulder, and straight black hair
  • Still from Money Shot: The Pornhub Story: Gwen Adora, who is White and is identified as a porn performer, speaks with a client in a video chat, wearing a low-cut, light-colored tank dress with dark tie-dyed print that exposes cleavage, tortoise shell-rimmed glasses, and nearly waist-length, wavy light auburn hair

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age 16+

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What's the Story?

MONEY SHOT: THE PORNHUB STORY is a documentary about the Canadian website's initial launch by three college students in 2007. Under new ownership, Pornhub becomes the global epicenter for the online sex industry. The film shares firsthand interviews that include employees, activists, and law officials, blurred sexually explicit images, and debates such as the right to make consensual porn and underage content use.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say ( 2 ):
Kids say ( 3 ):

This documentary addresses the importance of monitoring the use of adult entertainment websites by kids and teens. "I was 11 and I went on to Pornhub and I wanted to be surprised and I really was," recalls Noelle Perdue, a porn industry professional who once worked at the website, in Money Shot: The Pornhub Story. The first image of porn that Perdue observed was an explicit group sex scene. She says that it "set the tone how extreme things could be on the internet."

Yiota Souras, Senior VP & General Counsel for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, an organization that helps find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization, says that "operating a pornography website, like any other social media website, is almost like operating a firecracker factory. You're creating an explosive situation for the most vulnerable members of our population."

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about the communication of the cast in Money Shot: The Pornhub Story. How do they also demonstrate courage and teamwork? Why are these important character strengths?

  • In what ways should kids and teens be careful in social media site use?

  • Can identify verification stop viewing of adult entertainment websites by underage users? Do you agree or disagree, and why?

  • What do you think about the documentary's conclusion? Do you agree or disagree with the outcome of the decisions made? Why?

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Money Shot: The Pornhub Story movie poster: Front of a woman shown from the nose to mid-thigh region, with shoulder-length, straight blonde hair, floral body tattoos, and mouth slightly open, wearing an animal-print thong and matching top and graphic-created hand-like images that cover the breast and vaginal areas

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