Synopsis
Follows the tale of a young woman’s sexual awakening and subsequent journey around the world in pursuit of her ideal lover. Encounters include an Arabian sheik and a Spanish bullfighter. Her friend and butler accompany her and help to arrange her couplings.
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Cast
- Bo DerekLida MacGillivery
- George KennedyCotton
- Ana ObregónCatalina
- Olivia d'AboPaloma
- Mirta MillerEvita
- Andrea OcchipintiAngel
- Greg BensenSheik
- Ian CochraneRobert Stewart
- Mickey KnoxSleazy Maroccan Guide
- Paul StaceyYoung Valentino
Recommandations
- 30
Time Out
Erotic, surely, only for the very easily pleased, with Dereks J and B and Cannon Films converging to form a matrix of sustained, tawdry silliness. - 30
Variety
Poor Bo no sooner has her initial introduction to amour than the new lover gets gored in a sensitive location, putting him out of commission. - 25
Christian Science Monitor
A strong candidate for worst picture of the year. - 25
Miami Herald
John Derek, who wrote and directed and filmed Bolero, failed to make Bo look sexy; managed, in fact, to make her look dull and foolish. [01 Sep 1984, p.B5] - 25
Washington Post
Bad as Bolero is, it is unfortunately not bad enough. Seekers of inadvertent high-camp hilarity will be as let down as those who are suckered in by the promise of Bo's golden flesh. [03 Sep 1984, p.D1] - 20
The New York Times
The plot sounds like that of a straight porn film, which is what Bolero would have become with anyone other than John Derek directing. Mr. Derek, who also wrote the screenplay, shows off his wife in an oddly self-contradictory way. He's glad to flaunt her tanned torso and her radiant smile, which is fortunate, since these are the movie's only assets. - 16
IndieWire
A dismal softcore romance, a sort of film version of a housewife paperback bonk-buster. - 12
Chicago Sun-Times
Let's face it. Nobody is going to Bolero for the plot anyway. They're going for the Good Parts.
