Fresh
At an epic two hours the stilted dialogue and eye-scorchingly oversaturated film stock threaten to test the patience. But as a self-conscious exercise in kitsch graverobbing, 'Viva' succeeds.
Tom Huddlestone, Time Out
Viva
They were housewives seeking kicks, in a world of swingers, orgies, booze and sin that was the sexual revolution!
2007 · 2h · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Anna Biller
Overview
Abandoned by her husband, Barbi is dragged into trouble by her girlfriend, who spouts women's lib as she gets Barbi to discard her bra and go out on the town. Barbi becomes a Red Riding Hood in a sea of wolves, and quickly learns a lot more than she wanted to about nudist camps, the hippie scene, orgies, bisexuality, sadism, drugs, and bohemia.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
62%
Tomatometer
Rotten
You can't create camp on purpose.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
Rotten
The movie isn't comfortable or wholly successful.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
With its copious nudity and zipless hedonism, Viva, though unduly long, is a crafty reminder of a time when the X rating was flaunted, not feared.
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
It takes skill -- a certain sly, even perverse nimbleness of craft -- to make an homage to schlock movies that treats them as works of art. Viva, written and directed by its star, Anna Biller, could just about be the third featurette in Grindhouse.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
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