Shampoo (1975)

One of the top 100 funniest movies? Nominated for screenplay? Huh? Wha? Beatty looks to be in a drug haze but, according to the screenplay, could apparently compete with Fonzie in a chick-magnet contest. One girl wants him so bad she gets under the table at a dinner party to, uh, prove it.

I think it was supposed to be madcap at times, but it was too somnambulant and Beatty was too bored-looking for me to buy it. His character seemed to view sex as a chore that he's extraordinarily good at, but not particularly into (despite the speech he delivers to Goldie Hawn professing his addiction or...who cares). I didn't care a fig for anyone on screen and was doing the "only 42 minutes left" -- "ooh - only 39 minutes left" countdown.

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