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Barbarella

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1968 · 1h 38m · Approved Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Directed by Roger Vadim

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Overview

In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.

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All reviews
74%
Tomatometer
Rotten

The film is ugly on so many levels -- from art direction to human values -- that it's hard to know where to begin.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten

Despite a certain amount of production dash and polish and a few silly-funny lines of dialog, Barbarella isn't very much of a film.

Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten

Throughout the movie, there is the assumption that just mentioning a thing (sex, politics, religion) makes it funny and that mentioning it in some offensive context makes it funnier.

Renata Adler, New York Times
Fresh

It's fun in a 'What were they smoking?' kind of way.

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh

Fonda looks sensational and glides through this romp like a dazed, ripe-to-the- touch innocent.

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle

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