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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)

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Reviews Counted:17

Fresh:16

Rotten:1

Average Rating:7.6/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: A hilarious satire of 1950's television in which an ad man desperately tries to get a beautiful movie star to endorse his agency's new product. Rock Hunter's job is on the line because his agency... A hilarious satire of 1950's television in which an ad man desperately tries to get a beautiful movie star to endorse his agency's new product. Rock Hunter's job is on the line because his agency has been threatened with losing its Stay-Put Lipstick account. To save his career, Hunter makes an all-out attempt to convince actress Rita Marlow to advertise the product. His efforts achieve hilarious results but also threaten to destroy his engagement to his fiancee, Jenny. After he successfully gets Marlow on board, his commercials become a big success and he even manages to win the love of the gorgeous star. But what price will Rock's triumph in the world of advertising have on his life? [More]

Starring: Tony Randall, Jayne Mansfield, Betsy Drake, Joan Blondell

Starring: Tony Randall, Jayne Mansfield, Betsy Drake, Joan Blondell, John Williams, Henry Jones, Mickey Hargitay, Groucho Marx, Robert Adler, Larry Kerr

Director: Frank Tashlin

Director: Frank Tashlin
Producer: Frank Tashlin
Composer: Cyril J. Mockridge

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11/22/03
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

The film is filled with a hmorously jaundiced view of the advertising and motion picture industries and the American star machinery.

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

A highly entertaining satirical extravaganza that's executed with style and manic energy.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/24/03
Channel 4 Film

Tashlin had a huge stylistic impact on the New Wave. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, his greatest film, is the template for Godard's bold use of primary colors and 'Scope in the 60s.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
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06/27/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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Aging but still funny.

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01/01/00
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

True Mansfield vehicle, one of the few.

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10/25/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

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10/10/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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08/19/04
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

[Tashlin], as the writer, producer and director of the film, has let it go mushy and sprawling even more than the original play of George Axelrod.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
03/25/06
Bosley Crowther
Bosley Crowther
New York Times

Cynical look at America during the 1950s.

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02/14/06
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Frank Tashlin never could harmonize his celebratory/critical impulses toward American pop culture, so it comes as no surprise that this is both his funniest and most despairing picture.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
08/12/06
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
Slant Magazine

The not inconsiderable charms of Jayne Mansfield are much to the fore, but it's Randall's performance as timid advertising executive Rockwell Hunter that holds the whole thing together.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
01/26/06
Time Out

A panic.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
10/17/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

In converting the stageplay Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? to his purposes, Frank Tashlin turns out a vastly amusing comedy.

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07/21/06
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04/30/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
 
 
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