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The Life Of Reilly

2006, Movie, NR, 88 mins

The Life Of Reilly: Review

Thank goodness Frank L. Anderson and Barry Poltermann decided to document actor and TV personality Charles Nelson Reilly's autobiographical one-man show. Relegated to pop-culture memory as the second-most flamboyantly gay man on 1960s and '70s television (following, of course, the aggressively camp Paul Lynde), Reilly's recollections mix showbiz glitter with vivid glimpses of a baroquely bizarre childhood and reveal a generosity of spirit beneath the knowingly sardonic facade... read more leave a comment