Barbarella
Cinema International Corporation (CIC) | Release Date: October 10, 1968 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
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Mixed or average reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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6
Mixed:
4
Negative:
3
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78
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
It makes virtually no sense, but the costumes are fetishistic gems and the set design trips the light fantastic. A camp classic. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleEdward Guthmann
Barbarella is a pure goof -- Vadim called it a kind of sexual Alice in Wonderland of the future -- and Fonda seems to have reveled in every sexy, campy moment. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineBudd Wilkins
A rambling, shaggy-dog structure as an excuse to flagrantly foreground softcore sexual hijinks tinged with a pungent whiff of social commentary. Read full review
70
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Terry Southern's dialogue occasionally sparkles, and the imaginative designs, as shot by Claude Renoir, look really splendid. Read full review
70
The New YorkerPauline Kael
The decor and effects in Roger Vadim's erotic comic strip are disappointing, but Jane Fonda has the skittish naughtiness of a teen-age voluptuary. She's the fresh, bouncy American girl triumphing by her innocence over a lewd, sadistic world of the future.
63
San Francisco ExaminerBarry Walters
The screenplay - co-written by novelist Terry Southern - is intentionally ludicrous, but the fashions rule. Read full review
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