Movie Reviews for Harper Valley P.T.A.

Harper Valley P.T.A.

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Movie Reviews of Harper Valley P.T.A.

Movie Review: Lightweight feelgood movie
Summary: 3 Stars

Tom Hall's song "Harper Valley PTA", sung by Jeannie C. Reilly, about hypocricy in a small town, inspired this film, starring Barbara Eden as the Stella Johnson, the mother who "socked it to the Harper Valley PTA". The first few scenes of the film follows the song very closely. After crashing the PTA meeting and exposing the hypocricy of the PTA members, the PTA doesn't exactly get nicer to her, and Stella, with the help of her friend Alice (Nanette Fabray), decide to get revenge, by playing pranks on the various PTA members. She also gets help from Willis Newton (Ronny Cox), a member of the PTA who disapprove of the way the PTA is run. He even talks her into running for president of the PTA.

The story is thin but there's quite a lot of fun scenes, although the overall pace of the movie might have been a bit better if it was a little bit shorter. As it is, there are some parts where it gets a bit slow. Acting is good. Eden is a great choice for the lead role and she's also helped by a good supporting cast. Overall this is a good but not great lightweight feelgood movie that you'll probably like if you liked the song.

Movie Review: cute fluff-ball comedy
Summary: 3 Stars

HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. is a cute comedy, based on the chart-topping country song from Jeannie C. Riley (written by Tom T. Hall).

Barbara Eden plays the vivacious Mrs Stella Johnson, who walks to the beat of her own drum, much to the horror of her strait-laced neighbours and the members of the Harper Valley P.T.A. One afternoon Stella's daughter Dee (Susan Swift) comes home from school with a letter from the secretary of the P.T.A. which threatens to expell Dee if Stella does not conform. Stella and her wacky best friend Alice (Nanette Fabray) decide that a little revenge is on the cards...!

This film is very much a one-note caper comedy, but the performances of Barbara Eden and Nanette Fabray are so wonderful that they greatly enliven the limitations of the material. Susan Swift is lovely as Dee, and the formidable president of the P.T.A. is played by Audrey Christie in her best fashion. Also featuring Louis Nye, Ronny Cox, Pat Paulsen and John Fiedler.

HBO's new DVD release contains a crisp anamorphic print.

Movie Review: Cute Movie! 3 1/2 Stars.
Summary: 3 Stars

I have always liked the song of the same name that this movie got it's idea from and I saw the movie Harper Valley P.T.A. and I liked it. Barbara Eden (I Dream of Jeannie) is good as Stella and Susan Swift (Audrey Rose) is also good as her daughter Dee and the rest of the cast is alsp good! I'm glad this movie is finally on DVD and I would definitely buy this for my DVD collection but when I looked up the DVD info on Amazon here wasn't any info on the aspect rato. I hope it's widescreen and not pan and scan! This is a cute 3 1/2 star movie!