Hooked on a Feeling USA's Pie-Eyed Heidi Fleiss Movie Succeeds as a Very Guilty Pleasure

Cox, Ted, Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)

Byline: Ted Cox Daily Herald TV/Radio Columnist

I want my daughters to grow up to be prostitutes. Yes, only the best for them.

I mean, come on, they get to hang out with big stars, travel the world, set their own hours, enjoy alcohol and even drugs without fear it will cost them their jobs and, best of all, they actually get paid for having sex.

In fact, after watching "Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss," I'm at a loss why anybody works at any other profession for a living.

All right, all right, as a "real-life story," "Call Me" is a little less than real. If it doesn't entirely sugarcoat the tale of the infamous "Hollywood Madame" - Fleiss does eventually kneel before justice and take the fall - it …

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Publication information: Article title: Hooked on a Feeling USA's Pie-Eyed Heidi Fleiss Movie Succeeds as a Very Guilty Pleasure. Contributors: Cox, Ted - Author. Newspaper title: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL). Publication date: March 26, 2004. Page number: 30. © 2009 Paddock Publications. COPYRIGHT 2004 Gale Group.

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