Barbarella

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Barbarella

PG

Released Oct 10, 1968

1h 38m

Sci-Fi

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Barbarella (Jane Fonda) roams 41st-century space with her blind guardian angel, Pygar (John Phillip Law).

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Critics Consensus

Unevenly paced and thoroughly cheesy, Barbarella is nonetheless full of humor, entertaining visuals, and Jane Fonda's sex appeal.

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Budd Wilkins

Slant Magazine

Barbarella remains a stylish time capsule of that tumultuous era, as well as a trippily designed bit of retrofuturism.

Nov 21, 2023

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Kim Newman

Empire Magazine

Cheerfully catch-all.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 13, 2010

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

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

Apr 17, 2007

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

The film is one of those that defines an era

Rated: 4/5

Nov 28, 2023

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Taylor Baker

Drink in the Movies

Episode 36: Love in the Time of Monsters / Barbarella / Welcome to the Dollhouse / Johnny Guitar

Rated: 75/100

Oct 3, 2021

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Penelope Houston

The Spectator

Barbarella is a gift-wrapped 'X' certificate bonbon for a space age nursery.

Mar 22, 2021

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Bakercakes

Its an absolutely ridiculous space sex opera that has been argued by many to be either feminist progressive storytelling or misogynistic exploitation. I think this movie lets you see what you want to see in it. Mayhap that is its lasting legacy. The popcorn was excellent, and that seems fitting.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/20/22

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Mike P

Naughty Jane Fonda 60s sci-fi sex-romp and satire...Which introduced the world to Duran Duran...Which has Jane playing a ridiculous intergalactic James Bond type spy character on a mission for the President...This is actually quite cute and charming most of the time; and harmless...(By today's standards)...Whether or not you enjoy it or not will depend on your tolerance of silly camp. I didn't mind it. But this was also the big turning point in Jane's career when she went from cute, innocuous 60s cupie doll; to daring Baby Boomer activist and provocateur. This is the point when she started getting DANGEROUS...

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/17/24

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Corocote L

Thoroughly fun and impossibly over the top (for its time anyway). A fun and somewhat sarcastic sci-fi romp with Miss Fonda looking sexy and fine AF. Watch for the visuals, don't take it too seriously and consider it a reflective time piece for the changing (and loosening) cultural values of 1968.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/15/24

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Damian M

Space sexcapade fantasy adventure. Its fun, theres an adventure, the world is alluring, as well as the cast.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/07/24

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Josh R

I believe I could not come up with any way to make this movie better than it already is. I just like it immensely.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/30/24

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Tim M

Barbarella is almost too errantly weird in its '60s psychedelia for its own good, but a self-aware sense of humor and a classically sexy Jane Fonda make it iconic all the same.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/18/24

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Roger Vadim

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Jane Fonda

Barbarella

John Phillip Law

Pygar

Anita Pallenberg

The Great Tyrant

Milo O'Shea

Durand Durand

David Hemmings

Dildano

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Synopsis

Barbarella (Jane Fonda) roams 41st-century space with her blind guardian angel, Pygar (John Phillip Law).

Director: Roger Vadim
Producer: Dino De Laurentiis
Screenwriter: Claude Brulé, Terry Southern, Roger Vadim, Vittorio Bonicelli, Brian Degas, Tudor Gates, Jean-Claude Forest
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount
Rating: PG
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 10, 1968, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 15, 2011
Runtime: 1h 38m

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