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Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

★ 7.5 3K votes 2023–2023 1 seasons · 2 episodes Ended Hulu
DocuseriesNonfiction storytelling across episodes.This show: 9/10Female perspectiveWomen's experience as the defining lens.This show: 8/10Social commentaryDeliberate critique of how society works.This show: 7/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 7/10
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About

"A star reclaims her own story"

This two-part documentary traces Brooke Shields's life from child stardom to adulthood, examining how she was sexualized in film and media before she was even a teenager. Shields speaks candidly on camera, joined by family, colleagues, and cultural critics who unpack the industry norms that let this happen. The tone is reflective and often uncomfortable rather than sensational, moving at a measured pace as it lets Shields reclaim her own narrative. What carries it is her openness and the way it reframes decades-old images and headlines through a clearer, more critical lens.

Watch it for

Brooke Shields's candid, self-aware reckoning with her own sexualized childhood stardom.

Maybe skip if

you find discussions of childhood sexualization and media exploitation too upsetting to sit through.

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All Seasons

Miniseries2023
8.32702
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
1Part One8.3
140
2Part Two8.3
130

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Brooke Shields Self - Actor and Model
Scaachi Koul Self - Senior Culture Writer, BuzzFeed
Isobel Coleman Self - Friend
Meenakshi Durham Self - Author, The Lolita Effect
Gavin de Becker Self - Security Expert and Friend
Gregory Butler Self - Director, Choreographer and Friend
Jean Kilbourne Self - Writer and Lecturer
Deborah Tolman Self - Author, Growing Up Girl
Lyda Ely Self - Friend
Laura Linney Self - Actor and Friend

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