GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Breakinger A Brilliant Conflict

Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Uriah43 Fearful that a scientist named "Durand Durand" (Milo O'Shea) might use his new positronic ray as a weapon against humanity, a space traveler named "Barbarella" (Jane Fonda) is sent to another part of the galaxy to locate him and use her incomparable talents to possibly dissuade him. However, before she is able to get there her spacecraft encounters a magnetic storm and crash lands on an unnamed planet where she is almost killed by a small group of children who inhabit that particular area. It's then that she is rescued by a man named "Mark Hand" (Ugo Tognazzi) whose profession consists in capturing these children and bringing them back to civilization. Grateful for his help, she then provides sexual favors to him before setting out for the city of Sogo where Durand Durand is rumored to live. Unfortunately, she subsequently encounters even more assorted problems along the way. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was an unusual science-fiction movie which suffered greatly from its uneven nature. For starters, Jane Fonda was quite sensational both clothed and semi-nude. On the other hand, however, the dialogue and erratic plot could have used substantial improvement. That being said, while this was not a great film by any means, it was still worth a view and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Average.

HotToastyRag If you look it up on IMDb, the plot synopsis will tell you that Barbarella is about "an astronaut from the 41st century (who) sets out to find and stop the evil scientist Durand Durand, whose Positronic Ray threatens to bring evil back into the galaxy." But, Barbarella is really one of Roger Vadim's excuses to exploit his then-wife, Jane Fonda, in a ton of sexual situations and skimpy outfits.Joined by John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O'Shea, Marcel Marceau, and Claude Dauphin, Jane Fonda traipses around outer space and various planets in ridiculous, if not adorable, costumes and shows the audience that the future is one giant sex party. She strips down in the opening credits, just to warn off squeamish viewers, and battles bad guys who literally use sex to kill people. Obviously, unless you're a thirteen-year-old boy, you're not going to take this movie seriously. It's incredibly stupid, but depending on your point of view, you might get a few laughs out of it.I didn't really like the movie—it was just a little too ridiculous for my taste—but if you want to see Jane Fonda prance around in go-go boots and a leotard, you can rent it. She's drop-dead gorgeous in almost every other movie she made, so if your intentions are more honorable, you might want to check her out in Barefoot in the Park or Cat Ballou instead.

markcheltenham Boy oh boy, that Jane Fonda certainly has the X-factor! This film is really sixties-naff at the same time as being sixties-kitsch and sixties-sexy. I watched it all the time when I was a teenager and appreciated Kylie Minogue's pastiche of the opening striptease in her pop video for 'Put Yourself in My Place'. The film also gave the Eighties band 'Duran Duran' its name. No longer just a film, bit an icon of a short period of history when Anglo-Saxons overcame their fear of sex...

Leofwine_draca I'm usually a fan of dated, camp science fiction movies but only when the camp is unintentional and not put on. Unfortunately with BARBARELLA, loads of effort has gone into making the film a camp comedy, one of those films you just know that the producers hope will be termed a "cult classic", and there's nothing I hate worse than a film which tries to be funny like that. This is the reason that BARBARELLA leaves me cold; it's a slow-paced, dated and extremely silly affair from beginning to end, more of a 60's fashion show than a real movie.I had been looking forward to watching this film for a while (Italian science fiction has always been an entertaining genre for me) but sadly the end result is a highly disappointing outing in '60s kitsch with little or no redeeming values for a modern audience. The best thing about the film are the imaginative and colourful sets, but these are countered by some appallingly dated special effects (the back projection in particular is awful) and a music score that really grates on the nerves with one or two dreadful songs.The plot is pushed so far into the background that it becomes non-existent, the film instead concentrating on the weird and wonderful characters that Barbarella (herself included) encounters on her journey. Most of the adventures are of the sexual variety, with Barbarella herself a highly sexual space creature - already in the opening credits we see her stripping naked from her spacesuit and then losing most of her clothes as the film gradually progresses along.Jane Fonda is plain annoying as Barbarella, although I'm positive that her style of acting was just what the doctor ordered, and her attempts at being sexy just do not work. Elsewhere, Euro-stalwart John Philip Law embarrasses himself as a blind angel - yes you heard me right. Meanwhile, we have French actors overacting, Milo O'Shea striving for the award for worst overacting as the baddie, and David Hemmings wasted as he stands around on the sidelines looking handsome. I had expected a lot more from director Roger Vadim than this silly, arty-farty look-at-me sci-fi comedy provides, and although I'm sure the film has an audience who enjoy this sort of thing, I know that I never can.