Shampoo

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Bahad j I felt like the characters in this movie could feel the happiness and difficulties that they faced in real life. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/10/24 Full Review Allen R Entertaining and it looks beautiful, but it's hard to not see that the guy who doesn't care about cheating is going to get caught. It's also hard to root for him when he doesn't seem to have any remorse about it. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/12/24 Full Review Elizabeth M I really enjoyed this film. A lot of twists and turns, but it’s so well done and everyone was perfectly cast. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/25/24 Full Review Blu B Hal Ashby is what elevates this to an interesting and decent enough level even when it doesn't make full sense and meanders at times. This thing oozes New Hollywood/Ashby for better or for worse. Everything about it is half decent save for the editing which was ok enough. The camerawork is really good, the settings all pop, and there is a couple memorable scenes as well. Everyone has some chemistry and the Ashby style humor hits a lot which really helps. Even with their flaws all the characters are likeable despite sometimes not always being clear what their moivations are or what to fully take away from a scene. Quite often I find myself enjoying a scene but not really sure what the point was or feeling like I'm missing something underlying like the election time this takes place in. It's an interesting love triangle that merges comedy, romance, and drama together well but has problems forming a cohesive story around everything. The best way to describe this is it alternates between scenes that make sense and scenes that don't but all of them are never boring or uninteresting. There is always something to keep your interest through it which is a testament to Ashby's direction. Some clearer motivations for all the characters, getting rid of some of the meandering scenes or making them clearer, and using the soundtrack a bit more often with some added tracks would've gone a long way here to help. It's defintely not for everyone and reallly only Ashby fans, fans of any actors in this, or hardcore New Hollywood Era fans will find enjoyment here. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/17/23 Full Review Bert M Thoughtful and period correct. Julie Christie and Warren Beaty at their finest. Funny. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/08/23 Full Review Taylor L America in 1968 seems so cool, why don't we make more movies about when things were groovy? Oh, right. Because Vietnam was kind of a downer. Shampoo is one of the many films that came out post-Watergate that showed a mirror to a transformed America. Where Alan J. Pakula opted to go down the thriller route with films like All The President's Men, Hal Ashby decided satire was the best bet; Shampoo shows an empty national consciousness years before the porcelain mask cracked under Nixon (who is shown in countless TV broadcast and wall portraits). The sexual experimentation of the '60s has become less of a liberation and more of a mindless ritual, a caving in to baser instincts that robs the real world of all sincerity. Encapsulating that, Warren Beatty's George is a talented hairdresser who finds his vain ambitions hobbled by the fact that he bangs anything that moves; he's shallow and dishonest, but he's operating in a sea of other shallow and dishonest people, and at least he looks good and can style hair. Not a laugh-out-loud comedy, but filled with more observational humor about social and political standards of the day. Props to Beatty for the very active role he took in crafting his own character, taking on not only the starring role but credits as writer and producer. Plus, he surrounded himself with talented and beautiful actresses of the day to bolster his story with a solid eye, including Goldie Hawn, Julie Christie, and a pre-Star Wars Carrie Fisher. (3/5) Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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