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Lipstick & Dynamite: The First Ladies of Wrestling (2004)
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Reviews Counted:37
Fresh:23
Rotten:14
Average Rating:6.4/10
Consensus: This documentary on the early days of women's wrestling features an array of colorful, compelling personalities.
Theatrical Release:Mar 25, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: Before Hulk Hogan, The Rock, and the stars of Vince McMahon’s WWE took pro wrestling to new heights in American culture, pro wrestling was a small, relatively disorganized network of small time... [More]
Director: Ruth Leitman
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Reviews for Lipstick & Dynamite: The First Ladies of Wrestling
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This kitchy movie arrives as a quirky and funny footnote to "Million Dollar Baby," and dispels any notion that these brawny pin-up women were ever anything more or less than a batch of tough broads. Full Review |
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3/5 |
There is a great film to be made about the grappling glamazons who helped blaze a trail that lead to legitimizing women's athletics. This is not that movie, however. Full Review |
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Lively and charged with a furious nostalgia... Full Review |
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2/4 |
Fails to deliver much in the way of engagement or thrills. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Talk about being ahead of your time. Most of these women were living independently by the age of about 15, and took their place in a man's world through herculean effort. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Leitman gives these golden girls a voice -- that is the film's success. The failure is the narrative. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Leitman gives us a comprehensive array of pinup photos, news clips and wrestling footage from these women's younger years, and gives the women plenty of camera time to emerge as individuals and personalities. Full Review |
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B |
The film dwells more upon the sensational aspects than the sport itself but it's impossible to deny the sheer tawdry entertainment value in this compelling film tabloid. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Don't expect the inside scoop so much as an unsatisfying slice of life. Full Review |
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B+ |
Hugely entertaining. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
What we get is essentially the press-book version of their careers, which is harrowing enough. Full Review |
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That octogenarians can be so full of antagonistic joie de vivre is one of the giddiest revelations of Leitman's film. Full Review |
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Too shapeless...but the topic is worthy, and the onslaught of trivia and quirky anecdotes hold interest for the film’s 75 minutes. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Doesn't succeed in its attempt to make a feminist statement, with too many of the wrestlers sounding like male athletes who talk in excruciating detail about high school football seasons that everyone else forgot. Full Review |
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Docu moves at a snappy pace, threading together recent interview material with a treasure trove of vintage footage. Full Review |
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