
This film is a sequel in name only to Valley of the Dolls (1967). An all-girl rock band goes to Hollywood to make it big. There they find success, but luckily for us, they sink into a cesspool of decadence. This film has a sleeping woman performing on a gun which is in her mouth. It has women posing as men. It has lesbian sex scenes. It is also written by Roger Ebert, who had become friends with Russ Meyer after writing favorable reviews of several of his films.... (Full plot summary below)
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This film is a sequel in name only to Valley of the Dolls (1967). An all-girl rock band goes to Hollywood to make it big. There they find success, but luckily for us, they sink into a cesspool of decadence. This film has a sleeping woman performing on a gun which is in her mouth. It has women posing as men. It has lesbian sex scenes. It is also written by Roger Ebert, who had become friends with Russ Meyer after writing favorable reviews of several of his films.
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| FanboyNation.comSean MulvihillBeyond the Valley of the Dolls isn't just a cult movie, it's the greatest cult movie ever made. |
| Slant MagazineClayton DillardWhile Roger Ebert’s screenplay contains overt jabs at Hollywood’s culture of exploitation, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls cannot be called anything but sincere regarding its penchant for buxom female anatomy. |
| Montreal Film JournalKevin N. LaforestIt's a B-movie at its best; exploitation with brains. |
| Village VoiceMichael MustoA psychedelic wow that serves up the free love, plunging necklines, androgynous boys, and lusty lezzies of the era with a narcotized abandon. |
| Scene-Stealers.comEric MelinBesides being an addictively entertaining guilty pleasure from beginning to end, it's that rare movie that transcends its opportunistic origins to become a true singularity; a movie like no other. |
| Dispatch-Tribune NewspapersSteve CrumSchlock most famous due to Roger Ebert's screenplay. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyOne of the strangest and wildest cult flicks to be ever financed by a major studio (Fox), this sequel has not aged well but it serves as a time capsule to its era. |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesI can't call it a bad film, since all its eccentricities (including the groovy dialogue) were obviously lovingly placed there. |
| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonThe very definition of self-conscious camp, certainly not Art but much too intelligent for Trash. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.A funky, wonky, and entertaining jolt into the decade that bred free loving, hipster rockers, and hippies... |