S.O.B.
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Movie Reviews of S.O.B.
Movie Review: "Is Batman a transvestite? Who knows?"
Summary: 5 Stars
I've heard several criticisms of this film for years that, as much as I love this movie, really can't be argued with.The first is that the main character really isn't a main character: Felix Farmer, the desperate-then-demented producer (played by the great Richard Mulligan) who first appears in wordless attempts at suicide and brief manic scenes before he's dispatched from the movie (and the world).
The other criticism is that the film is "uneven." I think the reason for that is that S.O.B., after assembling a caustic, hilarious ensemble of tinsel town sleazebags, then finds a heart with Farmer's real friends when they try to provide him with a "real" funeral--as opposed to the hypocritical circus Hollywood gives him.
So, yes, the film is uneven and the main character seems to spend a lot of time on the periphery, but this is still a great movie about Hollywood from someone who should certainly know about it.
What stays with me is the affection for the actors in the roles they're playing. William Holden in, sadly, his final role as the alcoholic degenerate director Cully, Robert Preston as the hysterical Dr. Feelgood ("I remember this scene from THE THING..."), and Robert Webber as the hyper press agent with the body function problems. There are many more funny characters but these guys provide the heart of the film--in their own Hollywood way, of course.
Plus, it's worth seeing just to catch Robert Vaughn in Victoria Secret's lingerie in one scene....
Movie Review: Hold your sides! This comedy will make them hurt ...
Summary: 5 Stars
Blake Edwards, director of "Pink Panther" fame has done it again! I thoroughly enjoyed this spoof of '80s Hollywood - the stars of screen and TV combine to make this a sidesplitting 2 hours. Julie Andrews(Mary Poppins), William Holden(Bridge on the River Kwai), Robert Preston(The Music Man) join forces with Richard Mulligan(SOAP), Robert Vaughn(Man From UNCLE),Loretta Swit(MASH) and a first rate cast of supporting actors to flesh out a story line all too familiar to Hollywood ... mega-bucks spent by a studio on a 'FIVE-STAR-FLOP!' How fast can the blame be shifted and fingers pointed? Better yet - how can the studio recover any of their money?
How many personalities can you recognize? The cross-dressing studio head? The 'Miss-Squeaky-Clean-"G"-rated' actress? The over-the-hill-womanizing director? Or the go-for-the-kill gossip columnist?
Richard Mulligan plays Felix Farmer, the producer of 'NightWind' (a major flop that breaks wind everywhere it plays) whose only idea to salvage his career is to kill himself. Throughout the first half of the film he tries various methods unsuccessfully. Finally, after his last disastrous attempt - which drops him into the middle of an orgy, he gets a revelation - turn the "G" movie into an "X" rating!
Look for Roseanna Arquette as a nude sunbather/hitchhiker...
A solid cast, a good plot line ... what more could you as for in this slapstick comedy?
Movie Review: One of the best films about Hollywood...
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is one of Blake Edwards's best films, and it's one of the best films ever made about Hollywood. It's filled with some of the most memorable dialogue I've ever heard (my favorite line has to be "you look like 100 pounds of condemned veal"), and it's filled with rich, great performances. Richard Mulligan (a very underrated comic actor) is perfect as Felix, the great producer who's latest film has bombed, which leads to a nervous breakdown. He comes up with the scheme of making his film a porno, and buys it back from the studio. Shelley Winters, Robert Weber, Stuart Margolin, Darrell Vaughn, Loretta Swit, and Larry Hagman all give great performances, but the best ones have to go to Robert Preston, who plays the quack doctor (giving out vitamin shots for everyone, among other things), and William Holden, who plays the cynical yet hilarious Scully (it was his last role). This film was Blake Edwards's revenge on Hollywood for dissing Darling Lili (which was a bomb and re-edited against his wishes). It's one of Blake's best films, along with The Pink Panther Strikes Again and Victor/Victoria. Blake's career died out in the 1990's (with Son of the Pink Panther being his last completed film), but this work reminds us of why he was so good in the first place. The dialogue is filled with dark, biting humour, and the film really hasn't dated much in its depiction of Hollywood politics.Movie Review: It's not about the breasts - it's about the dialogue
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a wonderful satire of both the movie industry and Southern California in the 70's. This remains one of my very favorite Blake Edwards films ever (only surpassed by The Great Race and Victor/Victoria), even after 30 years. True, the film is a little slow at first, but as soon as Robert Preston appears on the scene (around 15 minutes in), the film's pace and humor really picks up. Mulligan was fabulous as the character the other characters interact around - his voice and facial expressions and moments of clarity in his insanity really shine. Everyone else is a complete hoot. Robert Preston has the best dialogue by far, but the movie has a *lot* of good quotes. The satire is sharp - no one is spared. No one is perfect, no one is evil - it's all very human and believable, which contributes to the humor. 'Wacky' definitely applies - this is, after all, a Blake Edwards film - but like The Great Race and Victor/Victoria, a line comes along here and there that take you out of the box and make you think. You want to give this movie a look or three.
Movie Review: Very funny ... and not by accident
Summary: 5 Stars
S. O. B. is one of the funniest films ever made, and for a very good reason. Not only is the cast phenomenal, and not only is the script outrageously funny, but one can TELL that this film was a labor of love for those involved. After all, these are Hollywood actors making a parody of their own industry. What's more, many of the events in the film are based upon events that really did take place. Loretta Swit (of M*A*S*H fame) was never funnier than she is in this movie. Julie Andrews sheds her squeaky clean "Mary Poppins" image. Robert Preston is hilarous beyond words. Richard Mulligan is brilliant as always. It was William Holden's last film. Robert Vaughn, Stuart Margolin, Larry Hagman, Shelley Winters and Roseanne Arquette are all in it. How can you go wrong with this cast? Well, you CAN'T. This film must have been a very special opus for all those involved. It's one of my favorites, and it will be one of yours too.