Addicted to Porn: Chasing the Cardboard Butterfly

Although this is a somewhat flawed documentary, it's a pretty good introduction to the subject of porn addiction.

The problem with the film is it wastes time with "person on the street" interviews which don't add anything of substance. I should add that I watched this on Plex, and their platform totally screwed up the subtitles, so I have no idea what the Germans and Finns were saying. But most of the movie is interviews with addiction health professionals, some graphics, and there's a case study of a couple. The case study is poignant and the porn widow, who is interviewed at length, is adorable. The graphics could use some work.

There is no porn in the film. It's not a documentary of the porn industry; rather, it's a documentary about addiction. So, the film would be appropriate in a high school health education class. It's also not religious; I don't know how some reviewers interpreted that from the film.

I watched this film partly because I'm a health professional, partly because I'm a radfem anti-porn activist, and partly because I'm a big Metallica fan. I enjoyed listening to the sound of James' voice, and the experience of hearing him critique the diagnostic manual.

I'd like to suggest the filmmaker consider editing this a bit, and it could be used for CE credits.

Very disappointed at this documentary. Very one-sided (despite a minor attempt to show a different view, by one specialist vs. dozens of other supporting their view). Even the general population that they interview show their side only. The take home message of this movie is: Porn is bad, not that it "can" be bad, similar to cars (cars can kill but they can also save lives). In sum, a big disappointment.

This is a very well put together documentary about the issue of pornography addiction. This film is safe enough to show your entire family and Justin held to his word of not having any pornography in the film and still made his point. I would recommend watching this film and having your entire family watch it as well.

This documentary is more than interesting, it poses serious problems in the discussion, in fact and mainly trying to answer the question: is pornography something good or something bad? Many of the scenes with the simple people on the street are representative for the subject, many do not know how to respond, but the opinions of the specialists are worthy of consideration. I tend to agree with the one who says that pornography is neither good nor bad, it is neutral, just like cars that are useful but can also be dangerous. Very emotional the real couple which divorced because the man turned out to be a porn addict.

A simplistic heavily biased film with a strong conservative/religious undertone. The arguments are based upon a twisting of biology, anti-technology and an incorrect use of the word 'addiction'. It's also amusing to have a heavy metal musician with a pretty colourful history supplying the moralistic narration. All in all a very low grade documentary on a par with creationist films.