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- 1987
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 25 m
- 1987
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 25 m
Summary A spoof 1950s science fiction movie, interspersed with various comedy sketches concerning late night television.
Directed By: Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, John Landis, Robert K. Weiss
Written By: Michael Barrie, Jim Mulholland
- 1987
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 25 m
- 1987
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 25 m
Amazon Women on the Moon
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7.0
Summary A spoof 1950s science fiction movie, interspersed with various comedy sketches concerning late night television.
Directed By: Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, John Landis, Robert K. Weiss
Written By: Michael Barrie, Jim Mulholland
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
42
18% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
64% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
18% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
42
18% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
64% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
18% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
When it's funny it's often hilarious and low-down, but when it isn't, it's embarrassingly grim. On the whole, however, it balances out as an amiable diversion -- provided you're in a suitably relaxed and undemanding mood. [18 Sept 1987, p.14]
Amazon Women on the Moon is irreverent, vulgar and silly and has some hilarious moments and some real groaners too.
The overall result, unsurprisingly, is patchy in the extreme. Weiss' title piece - fragments guying the portentous scripts, wooden acting and non-existent budgets of Z-grade '50s sci-fi movies - is obvious but occasionally spot-on with its appalling sets and repetitive use of the same bit of landscape.
Lots of filmmakers, lots of opportunities, lots of bad taste, very few laughs. [25 Sept 1987, p.23]
Like the object of its lampooning -- television -- "Amazon" is lightweight and often predictable. Anyone who's left grade school by the time "Leave It to Beaver" came on the air might want to sit this one out. [5 Oct 1987, p.86]
There was perhaps a time, 20 years ago, when the sophomorism of Amazon Women on the Moon might have seemed faintly daring. But even Mad magazine has moved on from simple satire to a more off-center view of its subjects.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
7.0
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
7.0
80% Positive
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Production Company
Universal Pictures
Release Date Sep 18, 1987
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating R
Tagline Universal Pictures, the studio that brought you such classic motion pictures as "All Quiet on the Western Front", "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" and "Out of Africa", is proud to present..."Amazon Women on the Moon".
