The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
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Reviews Counted:35
Fresh:27
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW is a magical phenomenon unlike anything ever before seen onscreen. Borrowing largely from cinema's horror conventions, the film begins as an innocent young couple is... [More]
Starring: Tim Curry, Barry Bostwick, Susan Sarandon, Charles Gray
Director: Jim Sharman
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Reviews for The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Like the hugely successful B-Movie that inspired it, Harry Novak's 1965 sexploitation classic "Kiss Me Quick!" "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" is an exploitation film that draws on a grab-bag of social identifiers to expand on conventional hypocrisies wit Full Review |
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Most of the jokes that might have seemed jolly fun on stage now appear obvious and even flat. The sparkle's gone. Full Review |
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3/4 |
The film itself is a lot of fun -- but the audience-participation phenomenon has turned it into a one-of-a-kind cinematic experience. Full Review |
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The wit is too weak to sustain a film, and the songs all sound the same. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Best seen with wild crowd at midnight. Otherwise, nope.
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A string of hummable songs gives it momentum, Gray's admirably straight-faced narrator holds it together, and a run on black lingerie takes care of almost everything else. Full Review |
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If that's your kind of movie, you're in for a real treat. Full Review |
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One of the greatest motion pictures ever made. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Viewed on video simply as a movie, without the midnight sideshow, it's cheerful and silly, and kind of sweet, and forgettable. Full Review |
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A very good film in its own right; it's a triumph of clever filmmaking by Jim Sharman, who should have gone on to bigger things. Full Review |
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I'm betting most fans have never really watched the film, they being distracted by the parade of guys in fishnets and flying toast. Full Review |
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July 24, 2008:
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