Shampoo

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Summary: adults only
Review: Only mature and intelligent adults will enjoy every aspect of this perfect film, not only is it political theme literal but universal as what is going on around the characters is infiltrating their personal lives as well. We shouldn't much care for George but we really want him to succeed and find true love---ahhh ---- that would be too modern--this is a film of deep thought and has an emotional core that renders the ending credits of "wouldn't it be nice" to be truly heartbreaking.

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Summary: This movie did not age well.
Review: When this film came out people praised it for capturing the ethos of the 70s. Looking at it now, the film is painfully slow and unengaging, and the production looks gritty and cheap. You may get a chuckle out of some of the costumes and the hair styles, but you could get those from other 70s era films as well, e.g. Nashville. Rent this one if you must, but don't waste your money on it.

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Summary: Wouldn't It Be Nice?
Review: Yes it would if we could get Hollywood to produce films that are timelessly fresh as the great "Shampoo". ............. Warren Beatty is unforgettable as George, a shameless womanizing cad of a hairdresser, who effortlessly beds every woman that crosses his path. They usually do that at his salon, as they all wait for George to "Do" them, in more ways than one! .............George naturally has several girlfriends who he tries to keep from knowing about the others, but of course they all find out. Goldie Hawn is just adorable here in her little velvet brown baby doll dress, and exudes a helpless little girl type charm from every pore. She lives with George, when he's not with various others. Lee Grant is his married lover, whose husband Jack Warden is the patsy. He plays his role quite sympathetically. There is Julie Christie as the girl who George really wants, and the only one who doesn't want him. Now that IS realistic cinema. There are other quickies of course. A not to be missed young Carrie Fisher scores some real "Love" between tennis lessons before her mom gets "done" by George when she arrives home, and finds her daughter took her appointment! George goes about his day to day activities, without a hair out of place, no matter how often, or how many women try to seduce him. A drunken Lee Grant creates a memorable scene when she visits George under a table they are seated at with several other people. For more, YOU need to watch! .............What is interesting here, besides the wonderful flavor and mood of the late sixties captured in the music, free love attitudes, fashions and mod ambience, is that it took place in 1968 and was released in 1975. It covers the election eve of 1968, the whole start of the Nixon era, released at the end of the Watergate era. Maybe that can be called dated now, but it gives you a real flavor of what the world of politics and attitudes were. It is interesting and very unusual to see a film that is set in a time period, so close to the actual era that just preceded it. There is less than a decade between the 1968 era theme, and the films release in 1975. For this reason, it was perfect for it's day, and in my opinion remains so today. .............. There are way too many wonderful moments to list here. If you haven't seen this film, you are truly missing a classic piece of what made the late sixties and mid seventies so special. If you didn't live it, here is a film that will give you a great vcarious feeling that you did.