
A documentary focusing on the tumultuous early days of this iconic vaudeville superstar who ruled the 1920's Flapper Era in the U.S. Before Mae West, Marilyn Monroe, Bette Midler, Madonna and Lady Gaga, Tucker was the first woman to infatuate her audiences with a bold, bawdy and brassy style unlike any other previous performer. Using all of "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas" 400+ recently rediscovered personal scrapbooks, authors Susan and Lloyd Ecker take you on their seven yea... (Full plot summary below)
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A documentary focusing on the tumultuous early days of this iconic vaudeville superstar who ruled the 1920's Flapper Era in the U.S. Before Mae West, Marilyn Monroe, Bette Midler, Madonna and Lady Gaga, Tucker was the first woman to infatuate her audiences with a bold, bawdy and brassy style unlike any other previous performer. Using all of "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas" 400+ recently rediscovered personal scrapbooks, authors Susan and Lloyd Ecker take you on their seven year journey retracing Tucker's 60 year show business career.
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| Monsters and CriticsRon WilkinsonYou will love every minute of this walk through show biz history. |
| Movie DearestFr. Chris CarpenterAn important, generally enjoyable tutorial on a great show-woman's life. My only gripe against it is the too prominent played on film by biographers Lloyd and Susan Ecker, who also co-produced. |
| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferA delightful, toe-tapping and illuminating tribute to Sophie Tucker. |
| NewsdayJohn AndersonFewer and fewer people have a first-person memory of her, unless they're old enough to have watched Ed Sullivan, but William Gazecki's heartfelt portrait all but brings her back to life. |
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsDonald J. LevitThe film bombards the viewer with too many snippets from the six decades' career, a number of them still photos from her 400-plus scrapbooks and some jazzed up in hokey animation. |
| Boston GlobeLoren KingThe Outrageous Sophie Tucker is rich with such tall tales and juicy nuggets, befitting a larger-than-life icon. |
| Newark Star-LedgerStephen WhittyShe's a great character, so it's sad that "The Outrageous Sophie Tucker" isn't a better movie. |
| Film-Forward.comNora Lee MandelStrongest when reveals her innovations in musical style and marketing, weakest when it strings together anecdotes. . . Original materials are seen in constant montages. |
| Boston HeraldJames VerniereA fascinating, archeological piece of showbiz history. |
| RogerEbert.comOdie Henderson"The Outrageous Sophie Tucker" is an outrageously dull documentary. This is not the subject's fault. |