Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:14
Rotten:7
Average Rating:5.9/10
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... [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
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A funky, wonky, and entertaining jolt into the decade that bred free loving, hipster rockers, and hippies... Full Review |
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8/10 |
The very definition of self-conscious camp, certainly not Art but much too intelligent for Trash. Full Review |
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3/4 |
An outrageously entertaining cult classic, and probably one of the most bizarre movies ever produced by a major Hollywood studio. Full Review |
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This trashy, gaudy, sound-stage vulgarity about low life among the high life is as funny as a burning orphanage. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Russ Meyer does mainstream, kind of. Full Review |
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B- |
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. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is one of the most incomprehensible films I have ever seen. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Schlock most famous due to Roger Ebert's screenplay.
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With his first movie for a major studio, Meyer simply did what he'd been doing for years, only bigger and better. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
As his overactive jump cuts prove, Meyer directs films as though he's perpetually on the cusp of a fantastic orgasm. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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4/5 |
in its own way, a classic Full Review |
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1/5 |
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Chock-full of campy raunch. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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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. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
It's a B-movie at its best; exploitation with brains. Full Review |
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