Shampoo
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Movie Reviews of Shampoo
Movie Review: Cool Movie; Anachronistic Fashions
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie remains a bittersweet, vital thing, and is well acted, but the production has a fault that galls me in any "period" movie--the clothes are often of the moment of the film's making, NOT from 1968. Why would it have been difficult to make the wardrobe consistently 60s--and what better expert on what 1968 should look like than Goldie Hawn, a co-star in the film? They got cars and women's skirts right, but most of the male clothing (including bizarro, button-pocket jacket-shirts) and accessories (giant, translucent sunglasses, e.g.), and male hair (Beatty's semi-believable Morrison-quoif excluded), and some of the women's clothes, e.g., Julie Christie's pants outfits, scream "spring of 1975." The Shampoo production people forgot that 1968 fashions looked a heck of a lot more like the mid 60s than the mid 70s. I am sure they were blind to this at the time--it can be hard to recognize the "historical" quality of one's current haircut or clothing. But the hair knows. If you want to see actual 1968 . . . everything, see the (also bittersweet) film Medium Cool, shot at the time this film is set.Movie Review: A Casual Classic
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a laid back and worthy of many views type movie. I always pick up something else when I see it again. There are running jokes, and until you pick up on them, the subject matter of women's drives coming to the same point from all different motivations and opposite worlds will keep this from staying on the shelf longer than a year! Love it.Movie Review: I'd forgotten...
Summary: 4 Stars
...how great Shampoo was. Hal Ashby had a string of wonderful movies in the '70's, and, while his films are remembered, his name is not.Movie Review: Sexual Satire
Summary: 3 Stars
1975's Shampoo is a satirical look at the sexual revolution of the late 60's and on the politics of Richard Nixon. The film takes place on and around Election Day, 1968 in Los Angeles. Warren Beatty stars as George Roundy, a hairdresser who, it seems, ends up sleeping with everyone he does hair for. Goldie Hawn is his girlfriend Jill, who is pushing him to open up his own shop. He ends up soliciting start up funds from Lester played by Jack Warden who meets him on the behest of his wife Felicia play by Lee Grant. George is sleeping with Felicia and as it turns out he used to date Lester's mistress, Jackie, played Julie Christie and also ends up sleeping with Lester's daughter Lorna played by Carrie Fisher in her first movie. The movie pokes fun at Mr. Beatty's own image and he plays the role as dimwit who knows he's not too bright, but doesn't care. The film is definitely dated as it was a comment on Watergate, but the performances are first rate. In fact, Mr. Beatty is the weak link in the film and Ms. Grant, Ms, Christie and Mr. Warden are all stellar. Mr. Beatty was the producer and co-writer and he received a best original screenplay Academy Award nomination and Ms. Grant won the award for Best Supporting Actress.Movie Review: Never understood Warren Beatty 's appeal
Summary: 3 Stars
A pretty dull dumb and condenscending flick . Maybe if I thought Warren was the least bit attractive I might change my mind. His frilly white blouses and little neck ties and tight pants- cannot be taken seriously . He is unmanly, smug and almost craven , but that would only be true if he was slightly more shrewd, he seems like a dull oaf and even though he is seen to be a Lothario, he has no subtlety and his prowess is overrrated according to many in hollywood at the time. Glad he put himself out to pasture and put us out of our misery. As you can see I'm slightly unimpressed with the man so this affected my enjoyment of the move. I'll give it a three for vague relevance as it may accurately pprtray Hollwood in the swingin' years;this is kind of a hippie version of sex in the city with one swishy hero getting all of the action. Yawn.