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Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

dougdoepke No need to detail the plot The soaper was a rage in '67 largely because of its salacious material at a time when censorship in the movies was disappearing entirely. Now, these more explicit parts seem pretty tame by today's standards. I really don't understand the movie's ranking among the 50-worst of all time. Sure, the results are over-long, along with a sloppy script, and some unintended laughs, while Duke goes way over the top. But I can think of other soapers as bad if not worse (Peyton Place, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), despite their more respectable reputations. I expect many viewers pre-judge the film's results because of the its acquired reputation, and not from a straightforward viewing. But, except for Duke, the acting appears to me routine, while the plot deals with a serious if over-worked subject—the destructive side of success. Sure, the overall tone is melodramatic, but that goes with the soap opera genre where inter-personal conflict is paramount. No, VOTD is not a particularly good flick, but neither is it one of the 50-worst, unless a viewer is unduly influenced by so-called expert opinion (the Medveds). So, my advice is to take the movie as it comes without preconceived notions— yes, the good, the bad, and admittedly, the ugly!

winters_day I didn't really know what to expect from this movie because I had not read the book. It started off a bit slow but I found myself getting hooked into the characters lives. Annie was lovely and the actress that played her was really gorgeous. I was glad the end turned out like that for Annie because he did not deserve her. Susan Hayward was a delight as the aging stage star. Neely made me angry but then I felt sorry for her in the end, Patty played the nasty drug addicted star really well. Then there was the beautiful Sharon Tate, I found myself tearing up at Jennifer's fate but I think I was crying for Sharon too. I really enjoyed the film and would definitely watch it again. It was a good melodrama.

KeishaWhiteMUA I really did like this movie. Even thou, I don't totally agree with it's rating PG-13 for that time. But it seems to me that even back in the 1960's there were some really racy subject matter that needed to be portrayed and shown. But to have a PG-13 rating was not the right call. The characters were stellar and plot was fascinating. Now a little spoiler...I can't recall the title of the movie where the male character cries "Stella" or something like that. But in this movie when Neely O'Hara one of the main characters cries out in the air like the guy (in the film I can't remember the name) in that film did. I was reminded of the scene from the other film. Classic! I'll say. The story also reminds me of a small portray of Marilyn Monroe's life. How she rose to stardom, fame and how that rise ultimately cost her (professional and personal) life.

capone666 Valley of the Dolls A lot less people would be inclined to take antidepressants if they only came in the form of suppositories.Since they don't, the girlfriends in this drama pop'em by the handful.At different points in their careers, fashion model Anne (Barbara Parkins), movie star Neely (Patty Duke), and girl next door Jennifer (Sharon Tate) each become addicted to polychromatic prescription pills colloquially referred to as "dolls".Anne takes her dolls to cope with her cheating husband (Paul Burke); Neely needs them for her ego and; Jennifer pops them for depression.But the highs don't last and soon all three women must face an array of consequences, from breast cancer to suicidal to psychotic breakdown.Based on the best seller by Jacqueline Susann, this salacious cautionary tale relies on gratuitous sex and sentimental twaddle to compensate for a flaccid script.Furthermore, the real pills corrupting young women in the 1960s were the contraceptive kind.Yellow Light vidiotreviews.blogspot.com