Rotten
Too dull even to function as camp.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Valley of the Dolls
In the Valley of the Dolls, it's instant turn-on… dolls to put you to sleep at night, kick you awake in the morning, make life seem great – instant love, instant excitement, ultimate hell!
1967 · 2h 3m · PG-13
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Mark Robson
,
Robert Viharo
Overview
Lured by their dreams of fame and fortune, three ambitious young women enter the world of show business and discover how easy it is to sink into a celebrity nightmare of ego, alcohol and pills — the beloved "dolls."
Director and cast
- Mark Robson Director
- Robert Viharo Director
- Barbara Parkins as Anne Welles
- Patty Duke as Neely O'Hara
- Sharon Tate as Jennifer North
- Paul Burke as Lyon Burke
- Tony Scotti as Tony Polar
- Lee Grant as Miriam Polar
- Susan Hayward as Helen Lawson
- Martin Milner as Mel Anderson
- Charles Drake as Kevin Gillmore
- Alexander Davion as Ted Casablanca (as Alex Davion)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
35%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's an unbelievably hackneyed and mawkish mish-mash of backstage plots and Peyton Place adumbrations.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten
It tries to raise itself to the level of sophisticated pornography, but fails. And it is dirty, not because it has lots of sex in it, but because it firmly believes that sex is dirty.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
Jacqueline Susann's 'expose' of Hollywood gets the cliche-ridden treatment it deserves from Robson.
Time Out
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