S.O.B.

1981, Comedy, 2h 4m

26 Reviews 2,500+ Ratings

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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. Read critic reviews

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Felix Farmer (Richard Mulligan) is a Hollywood director well on his way to killing his career. He just spent $30 million making a musical that no one wants to see. But, after several botched suicide attempts, the filmmaker has a sudden epiphany: Why not turn his moribund family-friendly entertainment into a porn movie? Of course, to make his scheme work, Felix will have to convince his actress wife, Sally Miles (Julie Andrews), to bare it all for the camera.
  • Rating:
    R
  • Genre:
    Comedy
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Blake Edwards
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     wide
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  • Distributor:
    Paramount Pictures

Cast & Crew

Julie Andrews
Sally Miles
William Holden
Tim Culley
Richard Mulligan
Felix Farmer
Blake Edwards
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Critic Reviews for S.O.B.

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Audience Reviews for S.O.B.

  • Mar 16, 2021
    A once famous actor from a popular series falls over dead on a popular beach in broad daylight - and nobody notices. For days. That's the opening broadside in Blake Edwards' jab at the film industry. Mostly forgotten nowadays but for Julie Andrews baring her breasts, and that's kinda Blake's point too: everybody's in on the hustle, even we, the audience. There's loads of dark here, enough for the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but it's all told with a smile. Good stuff.
    Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
  • Jun 27, 2011
    I mostly watched this to see Julie Andrews 45 yr old boobies. Guess what? They were fantastic! The movie was decent too, but no masterpiece.
    Wu C Super Reviewer
  • Jun 08, 2009
    I saw this a million years ago but i think i liked it.
    Lee K Super Reviewer
  • May 24, 2008
    This movie has an amazing cast and a great deal of potential but it's a little too all over the place. But...it has one of my favorite things in the world of movies...Squeaky clean actors I like/love doing/saying inappropriate things! Julie Andrews appears topless and says some bad words and, for me, that makes it almost worth recommending.
    Sunil J Super Reviewer
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