Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 1970

Vincent Canby, New York Times: Any movie that Jacqueline Susann thinks would damage her reputation as a writer cannot be all bad. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls isn't -- which is not to say it is any good. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Although it would not be appropriate for me to review it or give it a star rating, I offer the following observations written for Film Comment magazine on the occasion of the movie's 10th anniversary in 1980. Read more

Time Out: With his first movie for a major studio, Meyer simply did what he'd been doing for years, only bigger and better. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: This trashy, gaudy, sound-stage vulgarity about low life among the high life is as funny as a burning orphanage. Read more

Michael Musto, Village Voice: A psychedelic wow that serves up the free love, plunging necklines, androgynous boys, and lusty lezzies of the era with a narcotized abandon. Read more