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Unevenly paced and thoroughly cheesy, Barbarella is nonetheless full of humor, entertaining visuals, and Jane Fonda's sex appeal. Read critic reviews
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Barbarella videos
Barbarella: Official Clip - Healing Sex
Barbarella: Official Clip - The Sex Pill
Barbarella: Official Clip - Destroying the Planet
Barbarella: Official Clip - Crucified Angel
Barbarella: Official Clip - Old-Fashioned Sex
Barbarella: Official Clip - The Birdcage
Barbarella: Official Clip - Barbarella & Pygar’s Flight
Barbarella: Official Clip - The Sex Machine
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Barbarella: Official Clip - Killer Dolls
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Movie Info
Barbarella (Jane Fonda) roams 41st-century space with her blind guardian angel, Pygar (John Phillip Law).
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Rating: PG
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Genre: Sci-fi
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Original Language: English
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Director: Roger Vadim
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Producer: Dino De Laurentiis
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Writer: Claude Brulé, Terry Southern, Roger Vadim, Vittorio Bonicelli, Brian Degas, Tudor Gates, Jean-Claude Forest
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Distributor: Paramount Pictures
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Production Co: Paramount
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This gets two stars only for the lovely Jane Fonda. Fonda is not called upon however to use her acting chops to any great extent. I can see why this would become a cult favourite but in reality, this is just a fascinating piece of rubbish.
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One of the most dated films out there, "Barbarella" is a bad, boring, arduously slow and pointlessly bland sci-fi flick that doesn't often even a semblance of what can be considered entertainment. Jane Fonda does nothing more than look beautiful and, from time to time, undress, and although this would normally be reason enough to give the film a watch, the amount of nudity in it is kept to such a disappointingly bare minimum that you feel cheated in that aspect as well. All in all, there's just no real reason to pay "Barbarella" any attention. It's campy and vacuous and poorly-directed, and that's not even the tip of the metaphorical iceberg.
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Curvaceous Barbarella flies across the galaxy in her swinging bachelorette pad searching for Duran Duran and, in the process, meeting a blind angel, smoking the Essence of Man in a city of sin, and breaking the Orgasmatron. Kinky, kitschy psychedelic sci-fi fun with unforgettable sets and costumes.
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Scouring the video store shelves in search of something interesting I feel like I should see often yields surprising results, but I wasnâ(TM)t quite prepared for the surprise I got from BARBARELLA: QUEEN OF THE GALAXY. I had a vague idea of what it was (kitschy sci-fi cult classic was my understanding), but, to my initial delight (but eventual disappointment), I had more in store, but perhaps also much, much less. BARBARELLA is a bizarre, psychedelic tale of the sexual awakening of the titular (no pun intended) character, played by an startlingly young and alluring Jane Fonda, a woman sent by the Government of the Republic of Earth to search for scientist Durand Durand. Durand, whose spacecraft disappeared somewhere near mysterious planet Tau Ceti, is the creator of the Positronic Ray, a weapon of unspeakable power which the Earth government wish to retrieve before it falls into unfriendly hands. After crash landing on the planet, Barbarella encounters various odd people and creatures, all of whom seem to exist in a primitive world of sexual liberation. 41st century society has moved on from archaic penetrative intercourse it seems, opting instead for a meditative melding of â~psychocardiogramsâ(TM) (think the virtual sex from DEMOLITION MAN, but less exciting), and Barbarella is initially appalled at the idea, yet after around 20 seconds of coercion from a creep in a bear suit, experiences the pleasures of the flesh for the first time. And so begins the erotic adventures of Barbarella, which include making love to a blind angel, being propositioned by a one-eyed dominatrix who may not be what she seems, and having her body literally played like an organ by the nefarious Durand Durand. Unfortunately, it all sounds a little racier than it is. Thereâ(TM)s plenty of innuendo and double entendre (one of the characters is named Dildano!), but really itâ(TM)s not pushed far enough, and the film is a little tame. There are laughs to be had, and Fonda is fully committed to the campy lunacy of the script but BARBARELLA doesnâ(TM)t really live up to its cult status. The spectacularly low-budget sets and effects, Fondaâ(TM)s ever-changing and increasingly revealing outfits, and the fun and funky psychedelic lounge music throughout stand out as highlight, but itâ(TM)s far from a good movie. Amazingly Fonda turned down both BONNIE AND CLYDE and ROSEMARYâ(TM)S BABY to make this, so I guess you have to give her credit for the effort, and perhaps some chemical accompaniment would work in BARBARELLAâ(TM)s favour (as Iâ(TM)m certain there was plenty on set). Itâ(TM)s the sort of film which you know youâ(TM)re going to like or hate before even starting it, and Iâ(TM)m not surprised that it has its fans. Unfortunately, Iâ(TM)m not one of them. tinribs27.wordpress.com
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