This is definitely a guilty pleasure! Ann-Margret plays an amazingly over-the-top role here as a sexy bad-girl gone wild. She has escaped from reform school and has managed to hide out in the home of a real dumb guy--a guy too dumb to bother calling the police even when reports of her escape are plastered on TV! Then, as a result, she gets cocky and invites some low-lifes to party with her at his place.
The problem is that she is so ridiculously bad and her friends (particularly the guru-like leader) are even worse so that you might well find yourself laughing as NO ONE acts that way--not back in 1964--not ever! Talk about silly dialog!! And, to make it worse, the character played by John Forsythe is absolutely the dumbest and most ineffectual in screen history. As a result, while the production values are decent and the film looks nice, it's just very glossy trash--and very poorly written trash to boot! The bottom line is that this film is great for a laugh but little else.
The problem is that she is so ridiculously bad and her friends (particularly the guru-like leader) are even worse so that you might well find yourself laughing as NO ONE acts that way--not back in 1964--not ever! Talk about silly dialog!! And, to make it worse, the character played by John Forsythe is absolutely the dumbest and most ineffectual in screen history. As a result, while the production values are decent and the film looks nice, it's just very glossy trash--and very poorly written trash to boot! The bottom line is that this film is great for a laugh but little else.