
Anne Welles, a bright, brash young New England college grad leaves her Peyton Place-ish small town and heads for Broadway, where she hopes to find an exciting job and sophisticated men. During her misadventures in Manhattan and, later, Hollywood, she shares experiences with two other young hopefuls: Jennifer North, a statuesque, Monroe-ish actress who wants to be accepted as a human being, but is regarded as a sex object by all the men she meets, and Neely O'Hara, a talented ... (Full plot summary below)
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Anne Welles, a bright, brash young New England college grad leaves her Peyton Place-ish small town and heads for Broadway, where she hopes to find an exciting job and sophisticated men. During her misadventures in Manhattan and, later, Hollywood, she shares experiences with two other young hopefuls: Jennifer North, a statuesque, Monroe-ish actress who wants to be accepted as a human being, but is regarded as a sex object by all the men she meets, and Neely O'Hara, a talented young actress who's accused of using devious means by a great older star (Helen Lawson) to reach the top, pulling an "All About Eve"-type deception in order to steal a good role away from her.
Leave your thoughts about Valley of the Dolls.
| Slant MagazineEric HendersonLook, 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. |
| Austin ChronicleStephen MoserValley of the Dolls is a great movie in the very same way that Showgirls is a great movie. Rent it and howl. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyBased on Susann's steamy bestseller, this delightfully absurd and lurid saga of three girls in "corrupt and corrupting" Hollywood has become a cult classic due to its campy lines. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzYou'll need some kind of a pill to sit through this soap opera dreck. |
| The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayIt's more in the so bad it's almost good mode. |
| Senses of CinemaAlexandra Heller-NicholasValley of the Dolls rose from the ashes to become a so-bad-it's-good cult film of the highest order. |
| FlavorwireJason BaileyIt has much of what we require from truly great camp; namely, it takes itself with utter seriousness, and the further it goes down that rabbit hole, the less aware it seems of its own ridiculousness, the funnier it becomes. |
| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonIt thinks it it is incredibly sophisticated and clever, when it is just the dumbest damn thing. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWhat 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. |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonThe newfound envelope-pushing in cinema, tested so brilliantly in 1967 by Bonnie and Clyde and The Graduate, is botched here. |