
Stella Johnson is a single mother living in the town of Harper Valley. Now most of the townspeople, particularly on the PTA board, they feel she dresses too sexy and is a little too "loose" for them, so they are making things tough for her and her daughter. When the PTA board threaten to have her daughter expelled unless Stella changes her ways, she decides to get back at them by first exposing all their hidden secrets and hypocrisy. Then pulling all sorts of humiliating pran... (Full plot summary below)
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Stella Johnson is a single mother living in the town of Harper Valley. Now most of the townspeople, particularly on the PTA board, they feel she dresses too sexy and is a little too "loose" for them, so they are making things tough for her and her daughter. When the PTA board threaten to have her daughter expelled unless Stella changes her ways, she decides to get back at them by first exposing all their hidden secrets and hypocrisy. Then pulling all sorts of humiliating pranks on them. When she decides to run for the position of PTA President, they are really infuriated and try to stop her any way they can.
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| eFilmCritic.comScott WeinbergWorthwhile in an archival sort of way, in that it's fascinating to see what passed for comedy in the horrifically tacky era of the late 1970's. |
| User ReviewBill BYes, not extremely academy award worthy or anything but very entertaining. Some parts of the story line may seem extreme but they bring brevity and as for certain parts "not being funny" it wasn't all suppose to be funny there are some dark parts because that is how they were intended. However, I personally find it to be quite amusing and heartfelt. Though, revenge through hair loss is a bit extreme, Stella Johnson makes her point and the hypocritical towns people deserve a lot of what she serves them. The speech she makes in front of the PTA is especially powerful because it proves her point about hypocrisy. So all in all it was pretty funny but has some serious moments. For anyone who may not have found a particular part funny it just may not have been meant to be funny so I wouldn't advise someone who is a "bigshot film critic" to downgrade an entire era in the 70s as tacky because it doesn't make one seem particularly intelligent. Anyone I enjoy the movie, so see it for yourself, keep it in context, and enjoy my idol Barbara Eden. |
| User ReviewAl KA great movie with Barbara Eden & Nanette Fabray, A true comedy with humor and revenge. |
| User ReviewPrivate UKomedier fra 70-80-tallet er bare best! Denne er bestilt fra Amazon. Håper den er like bra som jeg husket! |