
Shampoo
1975, Comedy, 1h 52m
37 Reviews 5,000+ RatingsWhat to know
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Shampoo trains a darkly comic lens on post-Nixon America, aiming at -- and often hitting -- an array of timely targets. Read critic reviews
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George Roundy
Jackie Shawn
Jill
Felicia
Lester
Johnny Pope
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May 14, 2021Just because one happens to be clueless doesn't mean one still isn't a human. A cast of characters in moneyed circles gravitate around a hairdressing parlor in Beverly Hills, sucking desperately on their empty lives for meaning, for connection, and worried mainly about looking good: "do I look good?" They are not crocodiles, not cockroaches, or vermin, but simply human and kind of sad. A wonder of a work in that it finds their desperate humanity with a modicum of grace, everyone grasping, grasping, grasping, and glad to come away with anything, even if it's only that they looked good in the process.
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Feb 09, 2016Sort of an anti-nostalgia piece that trades romantic notions about the late 60s for icy cynicism, which represents a rarely seen perspective about that era. The shallow characters are also an effective touch.Alec B Super Reviewer
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Sep 05, 2010Although there are a lot of outrageous scenes, they aren't as funny as they think they are. The story isn't all that interesting either, but it does have a good cast.
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Jun 09, 2010A 'classic' of the 70's this hasn't really aged well and the whole thing moved along at a turgid pace. All the cast are great and the characters are interesting but this isn't really a comedy (although it's billed as such) and the downbeat ending supports that. My wife asked when it was going to start halfway through this and I see what she means. Another classic to tick off my list but I don't think I'll be revisiting it.David S Super Reviewer
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