The Perils of Gwendoline

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Tom T These things are true: - This storyline is preposterous and gloriously stupid - The editing. My oh my the editing - Never has a musical score been as strangely mesmerizing - This is a rom-com in the end - The most memorable thing is the alligator scene - I’m in love with Beth Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/19/24 Full Review Sebastian L A strange but highly entertaining first act propels Gwendoline through an ocean of ideas, but halfway through things start to get perplexing. By the time we get to the end the story has drowned in the mishmash of random events and characters without clear motivations. No amount of half-naked ladies can make up for an ending this confused. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/07/24 Full Review Audience Member A hybrid of a fantasy action adventure and a soft core porno, Just Jaekins Gwendoline is a particular oddity that is generally devoid of the scuminess typical of the niche. Technically a bad film in almost every perceivable way, the campy charm and dialogue of the protagonist can be delightful. The oddity of it all can be a charming endeavor granted the amateurish execution. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member In what would be Jaekin's last movie he along with author John Willie have managed to successfully adapt the misadventures of its titular heroine to the big screen. Gwendoline isn't the smartest movie made and I can understand its lack of appeal outside its own country. The source material is absurd pulp as it is and the movie manages to retain all that for better or worse. The set design and costumes grand, the story nonsense, the characters cartoonish while the film never shies away from its casual sexual references. What then should be a complete disaster becomes an underground cult classic; an oddity that should be a B-movie yet has been professionally produced with the best resources France filmmaking back then had to offer. It's a mad movie but never boring and a lot easier to find than that damn butterfly. It's certainly worth watching at least once out of interest. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member That music video chick from Ratt's "Back for More" Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" is sold into white slavery after being kidnapped at a Chinese port. She's rescued by a real Chad who was just there to collect on debt that the baddies were withholding. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Campy adaptation of a French comic book; supposedly, one of the most expensive French films ever made, but you'd never know it by looking at it. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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