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Barbarella

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by Teen Movie Critic

"So Bad, It's Good."

One of the all-time camp classics of the 60's, this certainly is a relic of it's day.

Jane Fonda plays the famed comic strip character, who is thrust into a violent civil war on a far off world, while attempting to find a lost Earth scientist (Milo O'Shea).

But first, she gets into strange sexual encounters, including once with a torture machine (which provides one of the funniest scenes in the film), another with an angel (John Philip Law) and so on and so forth.

When the film tries for intentional laughs, it sinks. Most of the good stuff comes from the material that is too bad to be taken even remotely seriously. Fonda is attractive in the lead role, and their are a couple of chuckles, but most of the time this seems like a candidate for one of the "So Bad, It's Good" list.

By the way, for you trivia buffs, rock group Duran Duran got their name from O'Shea's Character.

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originally posted: 04/08/99 03:10:58

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8/03/09 damalc yeah, what Charles Tatum said 2 stars

1/19/08 David Fowler Mesmerising, hysterical psychedelic camp. Fonda and Law are to GORGEOUS to believe! 5 stars

9/22/04 drfardook Its Dino De Laurentiis unleashed. if you're not down with Dino, don't watch it 5 stars

5/28/03 your worse goddamn nightmare What an amazin' movie! Visually! Stylistically! It's very campy, so some won't get it, tho. 5 stars

2/17/03 kajehase great fashion sense 4 stars

1/22/03 Pinkline Jones Jane looks good until she switched to aerobics 4 stars

12/30/02 Janko A beautifull movie for those who know how to watch it! 5 stars

6/25/02 Charles Tatum Silly, campy, and really really boring 2 stars

3/18/02 R.W. Welch It's kinda like Jane -- a little goofy but oddly attractive. 4 stars

11/01/01 Monica A *pure fluff* cult classic! Miss Jane looks terrific, she's the film really! 5 stars

10/20/01 Andrew Carden Sexy, Exciting, and At Times Astonishing Movie. 5 stars

8/23/01 Baphomet kitch & camp have a new meanin' in this kick assed flick, n' it ain't gay either... 5 stars

5/01/01 aly sdes 1 stars

3/05/01 Sam Peckinpah Barbarella in the unstoppable sexual pleasure machine is the ONLY reason I own this DVD !!! 5 stars

1/28/01 john Rodgers amazing 5 stars

12/08/00 rachel addy turned me on 4 stars

10/27/00 viking The opening sequence is a classic !!! 5 stars

7/13/00 Tom Very cool and psychedelic. 5 stars

6/05/00 Chris L. Harris Jane Fonda is HOT in this film 5 stars

3/29/00 Jen It's great!-has many levels-Don't like it? Death by mini missile launcher :)-See the movie 5 stars

3/29/00 Sara This is the best movie ever! When I take over the world, everyone must watch this!!!!! 5 stars

3/20/00 b af what to Barbarella won't you save me from my misery can't you see its a disease 2 stars

3/07/00 J. Alán Blankenship A true camp classic... 5 stars

10/22/99 Clint Eastwood...OH! Space striptease...its all you need 5 stars

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USA 02-Jul-1968 (PG) UK N/A Australia 02-Feb-1969 (PG)

Directed by Roger Vadim Written by Vittorio Bonicelli Claude Brulé Cast Jane Fonda John Phillip Law Anita Pallenberg Milo O'Shea Marcel Marceau Claude Dauphin

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