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Shampoo

1975

Hal Ashby

Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant, Julie Christie ...

5.4

1,398

Comedy In this farcical satire of 60s sexual practices, Warren Beatty is a hairdresser who simply can't resist the women he glamorizes. They can't resist him either, and unfortunately they are all linked somehow. Beatty's freewheeling and funny escapades with three of his lovers culminate in an election night party (Nixon wins) which all three attend, along with another older, richer man who is married to one of Beatty's conspirators, and whom ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The movie didn't quite work for me (...) We can sense that the movie's providing obligatory scenes instead of engaging us in a series of discoveries about its characters (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Chris Petit Time Out	"'Shampoo' offers a sharp sexual satire and a mature statement on both America and Hollywood in 1968"
		The New York Times	"Ashby shows that he has a good memory for a couple of decades of cinematic clichés."
		Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"[It] is slick and often funny, but the smugness of the satire and the stunted emotions are finally wearying."

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