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Sheriff
Mona Stangley
Melvin
Governor
Deputy Fred
Senator Wingwood
Critic Reviews for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
All Critics (10) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (5)
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Dolly and Burt and Whorehouse never get beyond the concept stage in this movie.
October 23, 2004 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review… -
This isn't a very engaging idea. Neither outrageous enough to be funny nor apt enough to be clever, it's a rickety hook to hang a movie on.
September 21, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
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March 8, 2008 | Rating: 3/5 -
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June 10, 2006 | Rating: 3/5 -
A bawdy good time. All but stolen by Charles Durning as the sidestepping governor and Dom DeLuise as the leader of the decency police.
February 19, 2006 | Rating: 7/10 -
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June 15, 2005 | Rating: 1/5
Audience Reviews for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
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Dec 04, 2012This musical might not have the best songs in the world, and doesn't show it's subject matter in a believable or realistic light, but it sure is fun and entertaining. Reynolds and Parton are a fantastic couple onscreen, as surprising as it sounds. The rest of the cast is made up of funny people and great dancers. The ending was the best part for me, it was the most realistic part of the movie and very emotional.Aj V Super Reviewer
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Oct 15, 2012First off, this film is in no way perfect. It's actually quite mind boggling if you watch it, because you sincerely wonder what the thought process was behind making this film. It isn't a bad concept or even a less than entertaining one, but it's just so haphazard and deliberately strange that to put it on the big screen doesn't make any sense, to me at least. This film pulled in the most money at the box office for a musical in the eighties, and led to an Oscar nomination for Charles Durning as the Texan Governor. It features the incomparable voice of Dolly Parton, who wrote several songs herself, including her already highly lauded "I Will Always Love You," later to be covered by Whitney Houston in The Body Guard. The songs are pretty catchy and it's very enjoyable to see some down home Southern stereotypes milked to showcase the same airy performances we've seen a thousand times already. What isn't enjoyable is the casting for some of these parts. Burt Reynolds singing alongside a Madame while only wearing a blanket as a bottom? Bandit, you're better than that. And Dom DeLuise what in tarnation were you thinking? Wearing a bowl cut wig, and cha-chaing around in the most obscene outfits while singing about promiscuity? You belong in a Mel Brooks film, sticking out your tush and cha-chaing there! The only person perfectly suited seems to be Jim Nabors as a cloddish sheriff's deputy reminiscent of Barney Fife. Durning gives a very off color and yet highly entertaining turn as the governor but didn't deserve an Oscar nomination for his less than ten minutes screen time. I think the Academy was just surprised to see the negotiator from Dog Day Afternoon sing about corruption and dance a little side step. What is truly strange is the use of sex as a vehicle to move the plot along, though it's pretty tame when it comes to the music and showing the town of simple Southern folk in contrast. There could have been a lot subtler and less errant ways of showing promiscuity and prostitution than throwing in several shots of the women's bits as it were. Even more troubling is that though they do go the distance with the nudity it ends in a morality tale, which is so bedrift of sense that it ends remotely anticlimactic. It's not the worst musical ever, but it's a pain to sit through; Sodom and Gomorrah it is not.Spencer S Super Reviewer
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Aug 09, 2012This was a fun and funny (albeit cheesy) comedy musical. I loved Dom Deluise and Jim Nabors in this especially!Sarah P Super Reviewer
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Oct 23, 2009I HATE ALL musicals except for this 1 so I did not expect to like this movie but I didBrody M Super Reviewer
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Quotes
| Mona Stangely: | Ed Earl, I think the best thing to do is to put this behind us, just as quick as we can. I've made a little money, I've laughed some, I've danced to the music... it's just time to pay the fiddler, that's all. |
| Deputy Fred: | My wife read his lips on every "Hell", "Goddamn" and "Shit". |
| Deputy Fred: | If you grew up anywhere in Texas, you knew at an early age that they were sellin' somethin' out there - and it wasn't poultry! |
| Mona Stangely: | Well! Fine! Then I'm gettin' dressed and goin' home! |
| Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd: | Well! Fine! I'm goin' into the bathroom and... put this on. |
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