Rocketman
Toy Story 4
Us
Luther
OR
By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Policies, and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango.
Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password.
We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified.
Please reference “Error Code 2121” when contacting customer service.
A sustained blast of unbridled vitriol from writer-director Blake Edwards, S.O.B. is one of the blackest -- and most consistently funny -- Hollywood satires ever put to film.
All Critics (21) | Top Critics (3) | DVD (3)
Black comedy is a tough commodity to sustain and, after a broad start, Edwards quickly finds a deft balance that paints a cockeyed, self-contained world that comfortably supports its exaggerated characters. Jul 22, 2008 | Full Review…
Black comedy is a tough commodity to sustain and, after a broad start, Edwards quickly finds a deft balance that paints a cockeyed, self-contained world that comfortably supports its exaggerated characters.
Variety Staff
It seems more like an expectorant for Edwards' bile than an entertainment aimed at an audience. Jun 24, 2006 | Full Review…
It seems more like an expectorant for Edwards' bile than an entertainment aimed at an audience.
Nigel Floyd
It's a nasty, biased, self-serving movie that also happens to be hilarious most of the time. Aug 30, 2004
It's a nasty, biased, self-serving movie that also happens to be hilarious most of the time.
Vincent Canby
Cynical satire on Hollywood has no punch, just a lot of inane jabs. May 28, 2018 | Rating: C | Full Review…
Cynical satire on Hollywood has no punch, just a lot of inane jabs.
Dennis Schwartz
S.O.B. is a poison pen letter to the industry, a film of undisguised hatred. Edwards' sense of the funny has sunk to sour insults. Feb 2, 2016 | Full Review…
S.O.B. is a poison pen letter to the industry, a film of undisguised hatred. Edwards' sense of the funny has sunk to sour insults.
People Staff
Blake Edwards' outrageous S.O.B. may never be held in the same regard as Sunset Boulevard or The Player, but as a searing satire about the underbelly of the Hollywood lifestyle, it still ranks as one of the best. Jun 14, 2012 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Blake Edwards' outrageous S.O.B. may never be held in the same regard as Sunset Boulevard or The Player, but as a searing satire about the underbelly of the Hollywood lifestyle, it still ranks as one of the best.
Matt Brunson
Blake Edwards cleans house Sep 25, 2009 | Full Review…
Blake Edwards cleans house
Fernando F. Croce
Caustic, satirical, and one of Blake Edwards' best. Dec 11, 2005 | Rating: 4/5
Caustic, satirical, and one of Blake Edwards' best.
Steve Crum
If only it were half as clever as it thinks it is. Sep 23, 2003 | Rating: 3/5
If only it were half as clever as it thinks it is.
Ken Hanke
What I regard as Edwards' crowning achievement. It is a wickedly funny, impeccably cast, ingeniously subversive satire of the Hollywood film industry. Mar 10, 2003 | Full Review…
What I regard as Edwards' crowning achievement. It is a wickedly funny, impeccably cast, ingeniously subversive satire of the Hollywood film industry.
Marjorie Baumgarten
There are no approved quotes yet for this movie.
View All