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Mahogany (1975)

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Directed by Berry Gordy, Jr. as a vehicle for his star Diana Ross, Mahogany traces the life of a poor girl who makes it in the fashion world (first as a model, then designer) and deserts her boyfriend (Billy Dee Williams) in the meantime, hooking up instead with a photographer (Anthony Perkins). The song "Do You Know When You're Going To" (Gerry Goffin/Michael Masser) was Oscar-nominated. ~ John Bush, Rovi

PG, 1 hr. 49 min.

Drama, Classics

May 1, 2007

Paramount Pictures

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An outrageously bad '70s soaper with Anthony Perkins providing some big unintentional laughs as a psycho fashion photographer.

May 30, 2007 Comment
FulvueDrive-in.com

Kicky but muddled, it's still a valuable reminder of Ross and Williams in their too-brief moment in the sun. Why doesn't someone re-team them now?

May 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

Even a charming last-minute happy ending can't quite redeem all the mess and unidentified dread.

May 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

a perfect companion piece to 'Dreamgirls'... Sitting through it is like flipping through your high school yearbook and laughing out loud at what was once considered stylish or sophisticated.

April 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | Comment
Kalamazoo Gazette

Wow! How far did Diana fall? Great song, though.

December 14, 2006 Comment

Feminists must have hurled their Earth Shoes at the screen when they saw this dreck.

September 22, 2005 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
Filmcritic.com

supremely corny but rather enjoyable too

September 19, 2004 Comment
Shadows on the Wall

So overwrought it has a certain camp value.

December 4, 2003 Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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Audience Reviews for Mahogany

This movie has a very familiar story, but I think it's good anyway. The actors are good, and it's a good movie, I should watch it again sometime.

September 5, 2010
ajv2688

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Good story and cast.

July 3, 2008
threefolddado

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