Shampoo

Warren Beatty and Robert Towne deliver a head spinning sociopolitical story that weaves effortlessly between bed hopping and politicing, Great cast(especially Jack Warden) and cinematography by Laszlo Kovacs!... Full review

Warren Beatty and Robert Towne deliver a head spinning sociopolitical story that weaves effortlessly between bed hopping and politicing, Great cast(especially Jack Warden) and cinematography by Laszlo Kovacs!... Full review

Disappointing film as Warren Beatty plays a non-homosexual hairdresser who rides around in a motorcycle as if he is part of "Easy Rider." Obviously, George does more than hair with his clients. The film is Robert Altman-like with its jumping around... Full review

Surely one of the most cynical "comedies" ever made, SHAMPOO is a jarring, scalding satire featuring Warren Beatty as a highly successful Beverly Hills hairdresser hoping to strike out on his own.Unfortunately his runaway libido and the wacky women in... Full review

Dated? Unfunny? Only to those weaned on formula action comedies of the past fifteen years. I can still remember the gasp in the suburban twin theater when Carrie Fisher made her indelible suggestion to Beatty, and the roar of delight... Full review

Hal Ashby always leavened his comedic films (Harold and Maude, Being There, Last Detail) with sharp social commentary and observation, and "Shampoo" is no different. Taking place on the eve and day of the 1968 Presidential Election, it's as concerned... Full review

Beatty says he approached Towne to do a modern version of the classic restoration comedy called The Country Wife (hilarious by the way). In the original play, the hero beds all the wives by confessing to their husbands that he's... Full review

Robert Towne's "Chinatown" is considered the greatest script of the past 30 years, but I think "Shampoo" (written by Towne and Beatty) is even better. It is an intricately constructed sex farce, with realistic, flesh-and-blood characters. Beatty's character, George, is... Full review

Kaleidoscopic comedy-drama about a Beverly Hills hairdresser/womanizer on Election Eve-1968, his life complicated by women, his ex-girlfriend's current lover (whose wife is another "client") and the perplexing responsibilities facing a man in his thirties. It's not half as daring as... Full review

This is one of those films that all takes place in one 24-hour period. When such movies work, the changes in the characters' lives feel more real and intense. So it is in "Shampoo", as we watch George's world slowly... Full review

Hawn is given nothing substantial and ergo cannot elevate "nothing" even with her charm. Beatty bumbles around, annoyingly flat (and as an annoying character), while he and Robert Towne script. ... Full Review

Shampoo is an unsung example of those superior '70s movies that are all the rage right now - original and unapologetic. This is the trendy West Side of Los Angeles where people don't have problems, everyone is beautiful and is connected in some way to show business. ... Full Review

Warren Beatty is perfect as George. This may all sound exciting but the message comes across loud and clear in the final scene of the movie. ... Full Review

inspired a remarkable and uncompromising slate of mainstream movies.....Her performance here is devastating precisely....only four of those nominations have been for best actor.....As '30s mobster Bugsy Siegel in Barry Levinson's "Bugsy," Beatty gives a ruthless and unnerving performance.....That restlessness may also be the thing that makes him such a terrific actor..... ... Full Review

The only payback or winning number considered would be Christie, who although ornamented in a tony fashion exteriorly, on the inside shes subtly a wreck. But for fun, he looks to convince husband moieties that hes gay (and, if not convincing, letting them believe such) allowing him freedom to stumpf their wives. ... Full Review

He directed comedies, dramas and counter-culture classics, and there's a good chance that at least one of them is a favorite of yours. "Harold and Maude"? ... Full Article

For anyone who has ever wandered onto a movie set - or those who are just baffled by terms such as "gabo," "hair in the gate," "four-banger" or an "Abby Singer," let alone more standard lingo like "grips," "gaffers" and... ... Full Article

"Not all good films have a strong identity, and those deals take a little longer to come together," Urman said, adding that Senator was just fortunate enough to come across one that does have an identity and fits with what... ... Full Article

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June 19, 2008 "Shampoo," made in 1975 but set in 1968, the night before Richard Nixon's election to the presidency, was directed by Hal Ashby and written by Robert Towne and Warren Beatty, who may have produced one of the... ... Full Article

Hal Ashby 's superb '70s comedy Shampoo comes to DVD with a pair of transfers. The widescreen anamorphic transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1, and is preferable in every way to the standard full-frame image. ... Full Article