This takes place in a school for models...? All the pretty maids in rows, that's for sure! Then there's some big names added to the bill for good measure, and off we go...
I didn't exactly know what to expect from 'Pretty Maids...', but in retrospect this just hád to be intended as a sexy, black comedy wherein certain things come full circle. I was waiting for suspenseful scenes and brutal killings, but hardly any of that occurs - not one kill do we see, just bums with notes on them (not bad, I'm not denying). Instead there is Rock Hudson as the school guidance counselor who seduces knockout beautiful girls and has the philosophical bull to back himself up. He even gets the beautiful Angie Dickinson as a teacher to seduce a troubled student who he sees as his successor, in time. Observing and investigating is Telly Savalas as a detective, who seems to knów all, but just doesn't have the proof yet... Will he get it?
Okay, so I expected more thriller and drama to go with this, but the fun stuff isn't really that funny and the free spirited statements that might have worked well in those early seventies, are somewhat stale to today's standards. Still, the film is beautifully shot and possesses undeniable charm, not in the least because of pretty maids all in a row.
Barely(...) 7 out of 10, but who knows, when I'll have watched this again with fairly adjusted expectations...
I didn't exactly know what to expect from 'Pretty Maids...', but in retrospect this just hád to be intended as a sexy, black comedy wherein certain things come full circle. I was waiting for suspenseful scenes and brutal killings, but hardly any of that occurs - not one kill do we see, just bums with notes on them (not bad, I'm not denying). Instead there is Rock Hudson as the school guidance counselor who seduces knockout beautiful girls and has the philosophical bull to back himself up. He even gets the beautiful Angie Dickinson as a teacher to seduce a troubled student who he sees as his successor, in time. Observing and investigating is Telly Savalas as a detective, who seems to knów all, but just doesn't have the proof yet... Will he get it?
Okay, so I expected more thriller and drama to go with this, but the fun stuff isn't really that funny and the free spirited statements that might have worked well in those early seventies, are somewhat stale to today's standards. Still, the film is beautifully shot and possesses undeniable charm, not in the least because of pretty maids all in a row.
Barely(...) 7 out of 10, but who knows, when I'll have watched this again with fairly adjusted expectations...