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Valley of the Dolls (1967)

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Reviews Counted:23

Fresh:9

Rotten:14

Average Rating:4.7/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Film adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's melodramatic, bestselling potboiler. The story tracks the lives of three women -- naive New Englander Anne Welles, aspiring singer Neely O'Hara, and buxom... Film adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's melodramatic, bestselling potboiler. The story tracks the lives of three women -- naive New Englander Anne Welles, aspiring singer Neely O'Hara, and buxom beauty Jennifer North -- as they attempt to achieve fame and fortune in Hollywood. But as each starlet either rises to the top or falls to the bottom, she discovers that Hollywood is full of pitfalls and heartbreak. Instead of the happiness they seek, the trio finds only alcoholism, wild sexcapades, tantrums, porno roles, suicide, marital woes, wigs in the toilet, and a dependence on "dolls" -- slang for pills. Which of these ingenues will survive her "trip" through Hollywood? [More]

Starring: Sharon Tate, Patty Duke, Barbara Parkins, Susan Hayward

Starring: Sharon Tate, Patty Duke, Barbara Parkins, Susan Hayward, Martin Milner, Charles Drake, Alexander Davion, Lee Grant, Naomi Stevens, Robert H. Harris, Richard Dreyfuss, Linda Timmerman

Director: Walter Grauman

Director: Walter Grauman
Producer: David Weisbart
Screenwriter: Helen Deutsch, Dorothy Kingsley
Composer: John Williams

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Jun 13, 2006

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The choice of Mark Robson, a talented Hollywood journeyman director, for this piece of nonsense was inspired.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
10/17/07
Channel 4 Film

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03/01/08
David Kaplan
David Kaplan
Kaplan vs. Kaplan

A lurid '60s sensation

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
05/29/06
Don Willmott
Don Willmott
Filmcritic.com

Based on Susann's steamy bestseller, this delightfully absurd and lurid saga of three girls in "corrupt and corrupting" Hollywood has become a cult classic due to its memorably campy lines.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
06/27/06
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

You won’t want to miss a word of the deliciously bad dialogue in this Hollywood tale of twisted sisters.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Oh, it's a bad movie, but in a good way.

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
01/01/00
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

Rent it and howl.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
10/17/07
Stephen Macmillan Moser
Stephen Macmillan Moser
Austin Chronicle

At the time sordid, now blase look at drug-infested Hollywood.

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03/14/09
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com

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02/24/04
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

Jacqueline Susann's 'exposé' of Hollywood gets the cliché-ridden treatment it deserves from Robson.

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01/26/06
Time Out

It's an unbelievably hackneyed and mawkish mish-mash of backstage plots and Peyton Place adumbrations.

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05/09/05
Bosley Crowther
Bosley Crowther
New York Times

No review available.

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04/09/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Too dull even to function as camp.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
10/17/07
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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You'll need some kind of a pill to sit through this soap opera dreck.

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05/01/02
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
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No review available.

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06/26/03
Edward Havens
Edward Havens
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No review available.

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02/18/07
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

Absolute trash, but not without its cult appeal.

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03/05/03
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
San Francisco Examiner

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08/12/03
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

It's an okay premise, but it still is weighted down with so much of the 60s that I find it hard to relate.

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07/19/06
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

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06/25/05
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