Valley of the Dolls
Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: December 15, 1967 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
5
Negative:
2
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88
Slant MagazineEric Henderson
Look, fun is fun, and there’s plenty of the kitschy brand to be had from the riot of late-‘60s production design and lurid plot developments. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleStephen Moser
Valley of the Dolls is a great movie in the very same way that Showgirls is a great movie. Rent it and howl. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
You won’t want to miss a word of the deliciously bad dialogue in this Hollywood tale of twisted sisters. Read full review
60
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
The film is regarded in some quarters as a marvellous piece of camp. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
What we have here is a dirty soap opera. It is dirty because it intends to be, but it is a soap opera only by default. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
It's more in the so bad it's almost good mode. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Pure trash, based on a trashy book, filled to the brim with trashy performances, now becoming a trashy cult film. Read full review
40
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Parkins and Tate, the latter particularly good, suffer from under-emphasis in early reels, and corny plot resolution. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Too dull even to function as camp. Read full review
20
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
It's an unbelievably hackneyed and mawkish mish-mash of backstage plots and Peyton Place adumbrations in which five women are involved with their assorted egotistical aspirations, love affairs and Seconal pills. Read full review
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