Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

A Masterpiece!

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

The only thing this movie has going for it is the hot girls. Women looked good back then. They knew how to dress. The males in this cast had no idea how to be funny. Typical Hollywood junk, the only reason people went to the movies to see crap like this was because TV back then was even worse. Also, a movie ticket cost about 50 cents and a bag of popcorn was 10 cents. If you want to see a funny movie from the same period that was a million times better, check out "A Guide for a Married Man".

After watching 1965's "What's New, Pussycat?" ("WNP?", for short), which has often been so smugly touted as being the absolute epitome of the "Swinging 60s", I am now thoroughly convinced that that particular era in pop culture history was, in reality, a total farce.To say that "WNP?" actually turned out to be even worse than I had at first imagined would truly be an understatement. In fact, "WNP?" was purr-fectly awful for the most part.Not only was Peter Sellers (wearing a hideously stupid-looking wig) completely asinine as the lecherous psychiatrist, Fritz Fassbender - But, Woody Allen's screenplay (his first) was filled to overflowing with a humongous dung-heap of misfired gags and one-liners that were, literally, so funny that I forgot to laugh.To be honest - "WNP?'s" opening sequence actually did show some really promising potential. But once the story stepped beyond this point it got itself so annoyingly bogged down with one of the most demented "on-again/off-again" relationships between a man and a woman ever conceived in movie history.With its almost-unbearable 2-hour running time, "WNP?" not only repeatedly cried out for some serious editing, but it also begged for some major story reconstruction, as well.

I wouldn't have guessed that Peter O'Toole has such a talent for comedy. Under a messy appearance, the movie, which is one of my favorites, has a clever and funny script. It's one of the best comments on marriage and monogamy, and it benefits from talented actors who, above all, seem to be having fun in their roles. Their enjoyment is transmitted to the viewers, and so it is a genuinely "feel-good" movie. Part sophisticated comedy, part slapstick, "What's New Pussycat" is a wild experience only for those with a strong sense of humor. It never fails to put me in a good mood. The soundtrack is fabulous! Peter O'Toole in his gorgeous forest green jacket is unforgettable.

This is an amazing, rainbow-coloured roller-coaster of a Sixties movie, and probably the most swingingest of them all. It might be even more swinginger than Hugh Hefner's leopard-leotard underpants, baby! Very silly and aimless but at the same time extremely well acted by an incredible cast -- essentially all the famous actors of the era, and their mums, are in it. While watching this movie I thought "who is this actress who looks so much like Romy Schneider", and whaddayaknow, it is Romy Schneider. This was Woody Allen's first movie (as an actor, I mean) and he appears side by side with Peter Sellers, whom he certainly learned a few tricks from.It is sadly not a very good movie in that the direction is almost absent. Coz direction is so square baby, so yesteryear, so Disraeli's soiled underpants, you dig? This is somewhat, but not completely, compensated by the actors having a lot of fun and strutting their stuff (especially Peter O'Toole). And Paula Prentiss is drop-dead gorgeous. Those eyes, that silly beehive, that husky voice ...You have to see this as the quintessential Sixties movie. If that's your cup of tea, your bag, your bit of fluff on the side (you dig, baby?), then you'll have a lot of fun. It is the mother of Austin Powers. Ideally you should be watching this with a group of swinging friends that are tripping on your grandma's cough syrup.