Synopsis
In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.
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Cast
- Jane FondaBarbarella
- John Phillip LawPygar
- Anita PallenbergThe Great Tyrant
- Marcel MarceauProfessor Ping
- Claude DauphinPresident of Earth
- Milo O’SheaConcierge / Durand-Durand
- Véronique VendellCaptain Moon
- Serge MarquandCaptain Sun
- Catherine ChevallierStomoxys
- Marie Therese ChevallierGlossina
Recommendations
- 78
Austin Chronicle
It makes virtually no sense, but the costumes are fetishistic gems and the set design trips the light fantastic. A camp classic. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Barbarella is a pure goof -- Vadim called it a kind of sexual Alice in Wonderland of the future -- and Fonda seems to have reveled in every sexy, campy moment. - 75
Slant Magazine
A rambling, shaggy-dog structure as an excuse to flagrantly foreground softcore sexual hijinks tinged with a pungent whiff of social commentary. - 70
Time Out
Terry Southern's dialogue occasionally sparkles, and the imaginative designs, as shot by Claude Renoir, look really splendid. - 63
San Francisco Examiner
The screenplay - co-written by novelist Terry Southern - is intentionally ludicrous, but the fashions rule. - 60
Empire
Cheerful, kitsch and camp. - 50
The A.V. Club
It’s at once smirky and tedious, and a missed opportunity to boot. - 50
Time
Comic-strip buffs, science-fiction fans and admirers of the human mammae will get a run for their money in Barbarella and will probably provide Barbarella with enough money for a run. Other moviegoers need take no notice.
