Shampoo (1975)

To me, this movie is perfection.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

This is a great movie depicting life in the late 60s early 70s. It's brilliant. Times are changing. Women are having sex. George loves women. There's legal birth control and all VD has a cure. Nixon and Agnew get re elected and we all know Spiro go s to jail and Tricky Dick narrowly escapes the same fate. But none of the characters in the movie knows that.

Set on the eve of the presidential election that put Richard Nixon in the oval office, Shampoo revolves around George Roundy (Warren Beatty), a successful, Beverly Hills-based hairdresser, who has ostensibly skated by in life solely on his good looks, charisma, and easygoing charm with women. Despite living and committing to his girlfriend Jill (Goldie Hawn), George still seeks sex from many other women, often his regular clients.One thing George has consistently wanted to do is open his own hair salon; one day, he turns to Lester and Felicia (Jack Warden and Lee Grant), a wealthy, local-area couple. However, another problem emerges for George and that is the fact that Lester's current mistress (Julie Christie) is one of George's former girlfriends. Lester just outright assumes George, because of his appearance and choice of occupation, is gay, and doesn't see him as any legitimate sexual threat. It isn't until George becomes closer to Lester, meeting his wife, rekindling things with Lester's mistress, and even becoming entranced with select other women that George succumbs to furthering his pedigree as a sexual deviant.Shampoo subtly evokes the breakdown of the limiting and often sexually regressive sexual politics and standards of the 1960's; it plays similar instruments as Paul Mazursky's brilliant and underrated Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice where the very nature of its plot is subversive because it takes a sensitive, introspective camera into characters' bedrooms rather than simply closing the door on it. It's a period of time in American cinema that I cheekily bill "what I do in the bedroom is all of your business," due to the liberal mindset and furtherance of sexual freedom, orientation, and behavior in public. In the contemporary, sex is still a social taboo in America, but with each year, be it what is accepted by the MPAA, or what is casually discussed by young people in a serious, social setting, the stigma of sex is continuing to be broken in many ways.Shampoo looks at the social mores by picking a character who is contemptible not because he loves his sex but because of how dishonest he chooses to be. There's nothing wrong with having multiple sexual partners, nor is there nothing inherently wrong with practicing polygamy or sleeping around. There is something wrong, however, with being dishonest or deceptive about it, which is what George consistently is. With that, screenwriters Robert Towne and Beatty seem to recognize this, and Beatty himself seems to recognize it as he's playing the character. Nonetheless, he challenges you to like him largely by the quick-witted and zippy way he moves and conducts himself, as well as the way he works and entertains his clients. He may not be an easy character to like, but he's not an easy character to write off.With that, Beatty gives an entertaining performance and effective turns an ensemble film into what could easily be mistaken as a one-man show, if it wasn't for the significant presences of Goldie Hawn and Lee Grant, specifically Grant who winds up having some strong scenes with Beatty during more pivotal moments of the film. These inclusions make Shampoo more likable throughout all the contemptible attributes of the film, and the film winds up addressing sexual politics in a way that doesn't tell the audience, but show them. It sort of walks in circles, not always coming to a clear point, but Beatty's performance and its more subtler approach to the material is enough to make it, if nothing else, a thematically and fundamentally interesting piece for the time.Starring: Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Julie Christie, Jack Warden, and Lee Grant. Directed by: Hal Ashby.

I guessed this film would have something to hairdressing because of the obvious title that I heard a number of times, I was interested in watching mostly because of the good cast, directed by Hal Ashby (Harold and Maude, The Last Detail, Being There). Basically set during a 24-hour period in 1968, on the eve of the presidential election that would see Richard Nixon become President of the United States, it sees a day in the life of successful Beverly Hills hairdresser George Roundy (Golden Globe nominated Warren Beatty, also writing and producing). George's occupation and charisma have given him the perfect platform to meet and have sex many beautiful women, including his current girlfriend Jill (Golden Globe nominated Goldie Hawn), but he is dissatisfied with his professional life, he feels he is the creative star of the salon, playing second fiddle to owner Norman (Jay Robinson). George dreams of owning his own salon, but he lacks the money to do so, so he turns to his wealthy lover Jackie (Golden Globe nominated Julie Christie) and her unsuspecting husband Lester (Oscar and BAFTA nominated Jack Warden) to finance him, the situation is complicated by the secret that Lester's current mistress, Jackie, is George's former girlfriend, the most serious relationship he has ever had. Lester assumes that George is gay, he invites him to a Republican Party election night soiree, escorting Jackie, there the room is full of many of his present and former sexual partners, they later move on to a posh counterculture party, filled with drugs, alcohol and sexual indulgence. Lester and Jill catch George and Jackie having vigorous sex on the kitchen floor, Lester is impressed, but Jackie throws a chair at them, George tries to reconcile with Jill, while Jackie sees him for the rascal he is and flees. George realises he feels true love for Jackie, he proposes to her, by then it is too late, Jackie announces that Lester is divorcing his wife Felicia (Oscar winning, and Golden Globe nominated Lee Grant), who George has also been involved with, Lester will be taking her to Acapulco, George no longer has Jackie, Jill or Felicia, he realises his moral errors and has an epiphany, but it ultimately ends bleakly for him. Also starring Tony Bill as Johnny Pope, Carrie Fisher as Lorna, George Furth as Mr. Pettis, Ann Weldon as Mary, Randy Scheer as Dennis, Susanna Moore as Gloria, Mike Olton as Ricci, Luana Anders as Devra, William Castle as Sid Roth, Brad Dexter as Senator East, Howard Hesseman as Red Dog and Richard E. Kalk as Detective Younger. Beatty is good at being the sleazy and not easy to like hairdresser messing around with various women, Hawn is pretty and good at being innocent, Christie with her own English accent is likable as the woman who doesn't take nonsense, Warden is good in his time on screen, and I can see reasons why Grant would win the Oscar. I agree with critics that this film is amoral and has memorable moments of sorts, not just the sexual stuff, it grossed millions at the box office, but it didn't make me laugh much, and it doesn't quite have the same flair as other complicated relationship films, overall it is an average satirical comedy drama. It was nominated the Oscar for Best Writing, Original Screenplay and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, and it was nominated the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical. Worth watching!

I love this movie. It's so '70s, although the time line of the movie is set in 1968. The way people explored sexual relationship in those days is bit enviable if you watch this movie.Warren Beatty plays the role of a beautician who has affair with his clients. He goes to bed (and on the floor) with just about anyone he can get his hands around. He does it with both the mother and the daughter. Hands down he's my hero in this movie, but as in reality, such life has price to pay, and things back fires on George when his secret affairs slowly gets discovered by his would be sponsor, and his lovers.It's amazing that this movie is based on exploits of real life Hollywood hairdressers. But it sure made a good story.One of the best movie of its kind ever made, and is recommended for a watch.