Barbarella (1968)

Written by Kamurai on November 6, 2020

Decent watch, might watch again, but can't recommend unless it's for a Bad Movie Night.

I want to like this movie, it really might have been a great movie, once upon a time, but it still would have been a "comedy-whatever" movie, and it's humor is done well.

The production value is laughable 50 years later, but even so there are odd choices most likely done for the imagery or comedic effect.

It is worth noting the changes in the MPAA over the past 50 years: the movie begins with a "zero g" striptease with tits out and fully nude (I didn't look close enough to determine if the cat got out), and from then on, her tits are pretty much out for about half the run time, sometimes behind plastic or transparent fabric, but the movie is rated PG.

I want to like the movie, but it's so bizarre at times, and it's not a personal story for Barbarella it's an assigned mission, so it's hard to be invested in the actual story.