Lipstick & Dynamite

Released May 5, 2004

1h 17m

Documentary

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62%

37 Reviews

Tomatometer

57%

1,000+ Ratings

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

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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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Audience Member

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.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!! Nothing likes chicks kickin a$%

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Audience Member

Very entertaining doc., but doesn't paint Moolah in a very good light.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

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. :)

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Rated: 4/5

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Malene Arpe

Toronto Star

Fails to deliver much in the way of engagement or thrills.

Rated: 2/4

Jul 29, 2005

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Brad Wheeler

Globe and Mail

Leitman gives these golden girls a voice -- that is the film's success. The failure is the narrative.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jul 29, 2005

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

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.

Rated: C

Jun 4, 2009

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

It's a fun, and fascinating exploration in to the world of female wrestling...

Apr 29, 2009

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Bill Gibron

DVDTalk.com

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.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 30, 2005

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Synopsis

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

Director: Ruth Leitman
Producer: Lydia Dean Pilcher
Screenwriter: Ruth Leitman
Production Co: Ruthless Films, The Nightingale Company, 100-to-One 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