Barbarella (1968)

1968 | Action | Sci-Fi

98 mins

The year is 40,000. After peaceful floating in zero-gravity, astronaut Barbarella lands on the frozen planet Lythion and sets out to find renowned scientist Durand Durand in the City of Night, Sogo, where a new sin is invented every hour. There, she encounters such objects as the Excessive Machine, a genuine sex organ on which an expert artist of the keyboard, in this case, Durand Durand himself, can drive a victim to death by pleasure, a lesbian queen who can make her fantasies take form in her Chamber of Dreams, and a group of ladies smoking a giant hookah which dispenses Essence of Man through a poor victim struggling in its glass globe. You can not help but be impressed by the special effects crew and the various ways that were found to tear off what minimal clothes our heroine seemed to possess. Written by alfiehitchie



Produced by Universal Pictures
Director Roger Vadim
Writer Clement Biddle Wood
Cast Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, David Hemmings, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O'Shea, Talitha Pol, Marcel Marceau and Ugo Tognazzi

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Phillip McSween (751 KP) rated

Aug 10, 2020  
Barbarella (1968)
Barbarella (1968)
1968 | Action, Sci-Fi
Vaguely Memorable
An outer space agent travels to another galaxy in search of a missing inventor.

Acting: 2
Good cast, none of whom are swinging for the fences in Barbarella. Honestly, I can compare the acting chops in this movie to the likes of a softcore porn. Science fiction or not, there is absolutely nothing believable about this movie in the slightest. The acting made the rest of the movie hard to watch.

Beginning: 10

Characters: 10
Despite the terrible acting, I didn’t hate the characters, namely the woman of the hour Barbarella (Jane Fonda). She’s quirky and I loved all of her inuendo references to sex. The movie is very sex-oriented and it succeeds, albeit minutely, in Barbarella’s experience and everyone else’s lack thereof. If they had given the movie more of a solid story, the characters would have had a fighting chance at being a part of a solid movie.

Cinematography/Visuals: 10
Not terrible in the way of sci-fi. They tried a number of cool things that really are fairly impressive for a 1968 movie. From the weapons to the numerous space settings, I wasn’t disappointed by what was showing up on screen.

Conflict: 6
I think Barbarella cared more about being trippy than having a true conflict to drive the story. There are points where I cared about the outcome, but it seems more often than not that the movie is satisfied with being light-hearted and slowly paced. There was not enough going on for me to overly care.

Entertainment Value: 9

Memorability: 6
There are a handful of moments that stand out, but there isn’t a lot of replay value here. Even as I rewatch it as we speak, there are some spots that I forgot even happened. Definitely not a movie I need to see twice.

Pace: 5

Plot: 1
Never a good sign when I have to look the story up on Rotten Tomatoes. It was honestly that forgettable. I think the 800 screenwriters on this movie cared more about being funny than they did writing a good movie. Not impressed.

Resolution: 2

Overall: 61
I wanted to like Barbarella, but they gave me nothing to work with unfortunately. I wouldn’t even advise the Amazon Prime users (where the movie is available) to give it a shot. Steer clear.
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Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated

Aug 27, 2023  
Barbarella (1968)
Barbarella (1968)
1968 | Action, Sci-Fi
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Watched today too weird for me it's okay seen better sci fi movies even if this a classic abit on the risky side especially with Jane fonda wearing not much in some scenes but overall its ok watch
  
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Dean (6927 KP) rated

Feb 10, 2018  
Barbarella (1968)
Barbarella (1968)
1968 | Action, Sci-Fi
Jane Fonda appears in this cult classic ahead of it's time, also quite raunchy for when it was made. A pure swinging 60's film.
  
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