A funky, wonky, and entertaining jolt into the decade that bred free loving, hipster rockers, and hippies...
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06/15/08
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
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Reviews Counted: 22
Fresh: 14
Rotten:8
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: In Russ Meyer's BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, all-girl rock band the Kelly Affair moves to Los Angeles in pursuit of fame and fortune. Upon meeting wealthy rock scenester Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell (John Lazar) at one of his lavish parties,... [More]
Starring: Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, John LaZar
Director: Russ Meyer
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Reviews for Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
The very definition of self-conscious camp, certainly not Art but much too intelligent for Trash.
02/25/08
An outrageously entertaining cult classic, and probably one of the most bizarre movies ever produced by a major Hollywood studio.
12/17/07
This trashy, gaudy, sound-stage vulgarity about low life among the high life is as funny as a burning orphanage.
12/17/07
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Top Critic One of the strangest and wildest cult flicks to be ever financed by a major studio (Fox), this sequel has not aged well but it serves as a time capsule to its era.
12/28/06
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is one of the most incomprehensible films I have ever seen.
07/19/06
With his first movie for a major studio, Meyer simply did what he'd been doing for years, only bigger and better.
06/24/06
As his overactive jump cuts prove, Meyer directs films as though he's perpetually on the cusp of a fantastic orgasm.
06/12/06
Any movie that Jacqueline Susann thinks would damage her reputation as a writer cannot be all bad. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls isn't -- which is not to say it is any good.
05/09/05
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A psychedelic wow that serves up the free love, plunging necklines, androgynous boys, and lusty lezzies of the era with a narcotized abandon.
11/19/02
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