Valley of the Dolls

Name: Valley of the Dolls
Released: 1967-12-15
Cast: Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate, Tony Scotti

Valley of the Dolls

PG-13
2h 2m
1967

33%

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Lured by their dreams of fame and fortune, three ambitious young women enter the world of show business and discover how easy it is to sink into a celebrity nightmare of ego, alcohol and 'pills' - the beloved "dolls." A prim New Englander (Barbara Parkins) unexpectedly skyrockets from her job as secretary in a talent agency to a glamorous TV model. A determined singer (Patty Duke) finds that Hollywood success can also spell self-destruction. And a beautiful sex symbol (Sharon Tate) is torn between the money commands and the shame of feeling exploited. Based on Jacqueline Susann's phenomenal best-seller about the underside of Hollywood, this fascinating melodrama was once seen as a shocking behind-the-scenes look at how show business creates instant stars, destroys romances and changes personalities forever.

Director:

Mark Robson

Producer:

David Weisbart

Writer:

Helen Deutsch, Dorothy Kingsley

Cast:

Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate, Tony Scotti, Martin Milner, Charles Drake, Alexander Davion, Lee Grant

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

33%

Critics Consensus: Trashy, campy, soapy, and melodramatic, Valley of the Dolls may be a dud as a Hollywood expose, but has nonetheless endured as a kitsch classic.

Reviews

Rob's Movie Vault

Rob Gonsalves

I can’t remotely claim this is a good movie, but I sure did enjoy terrible moments like the duet in a sanitarium.

The cliches in the addiction storyline land with a real clunk because of the decision to call speed pills “dolls.”

July 14, 2022

FULL REVIEW

Call and Post (Cleveland)

Roland Forte

Sitting through two and a half hours of this sickening and tragic pill party gives a theater-goer a case of acute nausea.

A must-watch even if the movie had nothing else going for it, which happily, it does.

I knew the clothes would be terrific when I spotted "Handbags by..." in the opening credits. And it's the outfits (along with the unintentionally fevered atmosphere) which stretches this film up to two stars.

April 4, 2019

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