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- 1975
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
- 1975
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
Directed By: Hal Ashby
Written By: Robert Towne, Warren Beatty
- 1975
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
- 1975
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
Shampoo
65
7.0
Where to Watch
Directed By: Hal Ashby
Written By: Robert Towne, Warren Beatty
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
65
64% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
36% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
65
64% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
36% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Hal Ashby has the deftness to keep us conscious of the whirring pleasures of the carnal-farce structure and yet to give it free play. This was the most virtuoso example of sophisticated, kaleidoscopic face that American moviemakers had yet come up with; frivolous and funny, it carries a sense of heedless activity, of a craze of dissatisfaction.
Made with all the awareness of hindsight, Shampoo offers a sharp sexual satire and a mature statement on both America and Hollywood in 1968.
Shampoo refuses to be coy. There's a deep, soulful confusion here that isn't careless with frivolity.
Shampoo achieves a fine comic distance by setting itself so specifically in the past, but it doesn't - to its credit - try to get you, in the present, off the hook. [10 Feb 1975, p.51]
Slick and often funny, but the smugness of the satire and the stunted emotions are finally wearying.
All the excellent creative components do not add up to a whole. There are, however, strong elements in the film. Warden’s performance is outstanding. He makes the most of a script and direction which gives his character much more dimension than the prototype cuckold.
In Shampoo Ashby shows that he has a good memory for a couple of decades of cinematic clichés. He gives us an unnecessary motor race and some obligatory slow motion, but he misses most of the opportunities offered him.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
7.0
60% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
40% Mixed
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0% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
7.0
60% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
40% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
0% Negative
0 Ratings
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 5 Nominations
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
