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S.O.B.

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Felix Farmer (Richard Mulligan) is a Hollywood director well on his way to killing his career. He just spent $30 million making a musical that no one wants to see. But, after several botched suicide attempts, the filmmaker has a sudden epiphany: Why not turn his moribund family-friendly entertainment into a porn movie? Of course, to make his scheme work, Felix will have to convince his actress wife, Sally Miles (Julie Andrews), to bare it all for the camera.
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A sustained blast of unbridled vitriol from writer-director Blake Edwards, S.O.B. is one of the blackest -- and most consistently funny -- Hollywood satires ever put to film.

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Derek Malcolm Guardian It is quite clear that Edwards knows exactly what he is talking about, and relishes the opportunity so to do. S.O.B. is his best film since Breakfast At Tiffany's. Dec 29, 2021 Full Review Variety Staff Variety Black comedy is a tough commodity to sustain and, after a broad start, Edwards quickly finds a deft balance that paints a cockeyed, self-contained world that comfortably supports its exaggerated characters. Jul 22, 2008 Full Review Nigel Floyd Time Out It seems more like an expectorant for Edwards' bile than an entertainment aimed at an audience. Jun 24, 2006 Full Review Mat Brunet AniMat's Review (YouTube) In this age of studios making stupid money-losing mistakes and increasing amount of box office bombs, S.O.B. is one of the few movies made in Hollywood that isn’t afraid to call out what is wrong with the Hollywood system and its lack of human decency. I Rated: 8/10 Mar 29, 2024 Full Review Philip French Observer (UK) A would-be Jonsonian satire on Hollywood, or Freddie Bartholomew Fair, the film is as misconceived as it is ill-executed. Dec 30, 2021 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com ...SOB lives up to its title, and like the central character it describes, it's a hot, sticky mess that's hard to scrape off your shoe.... Rated: 3/5 Apr 18, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Daniel P Brilliant exposé of movie shenanigans - chokful of colorful references to common practices of studios, agents, directors, actors, managers, lawyers, etc. Especially enjoyable given the slew of A-Listers in this ensemble cast. Great backstory on this one - given that Blake Edwards himself suffered the slings and arrows of scorn after his own production in the late sixties, he effectively created this compelling tale. Brilliant performance by William Holden - his last performance, actually, and every bit as present/committed as was his first (Prison Farm, 1938). Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/19/22 Full Review dave s Blake Edwards' S.O.B.does its best to disprove the old adage that less is sometimes more. What could have been a scathing satire on the morals and principles of the Hollywood elite is instead a movie where virtually every scene is overplayed, replete with plenty of yelling and hysteria and silliness and pointless slapstick, subverting any message that was trying to be imparted. There are a handful of laughs, but for the most part the characters all say and do too much, to the point where it borders on exhausting. You know that there are problems when the best parts of the movie are Julie Andrews "boobies" and the secondary plot involving the fate of the corpse on the beach and its faithful dog. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review kevin w A once famous actor from a popular series falls over dead on a popular beach in broad daylight - and nobody notices. For days. That's the opening broadside in Blake Edwards' jab at the film industry. Mostly forgotten nowadays but for Julie Andrews baring her breasts, and that's kinda Blake's point too: everybody's in on the hustle, even we, the audience. There's loads of dark here, enough for the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but it's all told with a smile. Good stuff. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Ed M Famous director. Allstar cast. Boring movie. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/14/21 Full Review steve d I don't think it was consistently funny. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member The best comedy movie ever made! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Felix Farmer (Richard Mulligan) is a Hollywood director well on his way to killing his career. He just spent $30 million making a musical that no one wants to see. But, after several botched suicide attempts, the filmmaker has a sudden epiphany: Why not turn his moribund family-friendly entertainment into a porn movie? Of course, to make his scheme work, Felix will have to convince his actress wife, Sally Miles (Julie Andrews), to bare it all for the camera.
Director
Blake Edwards
Producer
Tony Adams, Blake Edwards
Screenwriter
Blake Edwards
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount, Lorimar Film Entertainment, Artista Management
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 26, 1981, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2009
Runtime
2h 4m