Thursday, May 29, 2014

The Lonely Lady (1983)

How bad is it? It's based on a Harold Robbins novel and stars Pia Zadora.
Should you see it? Yes, but get liquored up first.

I wrote a review of "Butterfly" and then deleted it, but I may have to rewrite one, now that I'm reviewing Pia Zadora films. Pia wasn't classically pretty, she couldn't act (though her husband allegedly bought her a Golden Globe) and couldn't sing (though she was nominated for a Grammy), but she couldn't be stopped, either. In this film, she manages to discuss Pushkin while jogging, she gets raped by a garden hose, has an abortion, becomes a waitress, takes drugs, has sex on a pool table (actually, writhes naked as pool is played about her), showers with her clothes on, gets institutionalized, writes the script of the movie you're watching while in the loony bin and wins an Academy Award (called by another name for legal reasons) for her writing. She doesn't manage to act, however.

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