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Lipstick & Dynamite

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Filmmaker Ruth Leitman interviews female wrestlers from the 1940s and '50s.
Lipstick & Dynamite

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Critics Consensus

This documentary on the early days of women's wrestling features an array of colorful, compelling personalities.

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Malene Arpe Toronto Star 07/29/2005
2/4
Fails to deliver much in the way of engagement or thrills. Go to Full Review
Brad Wheeler Globe and Mail 07/29/2005
2.5/4
Leitman gives these golden girls a voice -- that is the film's success. The failure is the narrative. Go to Full Review
Moira MacDonald Seattle Times 06/17/2005
3/4
Leitman gives us a comprehensive array of pinup photos, news clips and wrestling footage from these women's younger years, and gives the women plenty of camera time to emerge as individuals and personalities. Go to Full Review
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com 06/04/2009
C
This kitchy movie arrives as a quirky and funny footnote to "Million Dollar Baby," and dispels any notion that these brawny pin-up women were ever anything more or less than a batch of tough broads. Go to Full Review
Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed 04/29/2009
It's a fun, and fascinating exploration in to the world of female wrestling... Go to Full Review
Bill Gibron DVDTalk.com 09/30/2005
3/5
There is a great film to be made about the grappling glamazons who helped blaze a trail that lead to legitimizing women's athletics. This is not that movie, however. Go to Full Review
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04/11/2013 A very interesting documentary about women's wrestling. It focuses primarily on the pioneers of the sport and has great interviews intermixed with rare archival footage. Hearing these women, who are great grandmothers now, talk so passionately about their days of competing as high level wrestlers is fascinating. The Fabulous Moolah is the main focus but more than a dozen other women are profiled & interviewed. A must watch for any wrestling fan. See more 05/13/2012 I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!! Nothing likes chicks kickin a$% See more 04/11/2011 Very entertaining doc., but doesn't paint Moolah in a very good light. See more 02/03/2011 Deliciously gossipy and educational with great vintage footage. If you want to hear some ultra-cool grandma cursing up a storm, then you'd really love this. :) See more 01/30/2011 This was an interesting perspective on the early history of womens wrestling. I'll say this , these were some rough women. Cool for the history but that was about it. See more 01/29/2011 A good documentary chronicling the early days of women's wrestling and focusing on a hand full of the lady wrestlers, including The Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young. This is not a complete history of women's wrestling, but only focuses on lady wrestling around the 40's and 50's. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Ruth Leitman interviews female wrestlers from the 1940s and '50s.
Director
Ruth Leitman
Producer
Ruth Leitman, Debbie Nightingale, Anne Hubbell, James Jernigan
Screenwriter
Ruth Leitman
Production Co
The Nightingale Company, 100-to-One Films, Ruthless Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 5, 2004, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 2, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$26.1K
Runtime
1h 17m