When Men Carried Clubs and Women Played Ding-Dong (1971)
* (out of 4)
Italian sex comedy has Ari (Antonio Sabato) winning a pig catching contest and his reward is the virgin Listra (Nadia Cassini). She's looking forward to some good sex but instead he'd rather fight a rival group. Before long all the women stand together to hold out the ding-dong play until the men pay more attention.
You know, the Italian sex genre lasted several decades and there's no question that it probably had an impact on various American movies that followed. With that said, there are some really bad ones out there and this one here certainly fits that category for a number of reasons. The biggest reason is the fact that the film is downright unfunny from the start to the end. Another major problem is that it clocks in at 97-minutes, which is about 96-minutes too long.
The biggest problem here is that the screenplay is extremely lame. You get fart jokes, jokes aimed at gay characters and all sorts of sexist jokes. It would seem that this type of stuff set during the caveman period would lead to some great fun but it doesn't because the screenplay is very silly and downright bad. I mean, I might have laughed at this stuff if I was a seven-year-old who stumbled upon this film at midnight on Cinemax.
Another problem is that the movie is deadly slow and just gets dragged out to the point where you're wanting to scratch your eyes out. I will say that the movie looked great. I thought the costumes were good and for the most part I thought the setting was perfect. You at least really did feel as if you were watching something set during the time period. Considering the budget, that was impressive. There's also some attractive ladies getting naked throughout but all of this can't save the movie.
* (out of 4)
Italian sex comedy has Ari (Antonio Sabato) winning a pig catching contest and his reward is the virgin Listra (Nadia Cassini). She's looking forward to some good sex but instead he'd rather fight a rival group. Before long all the women stand together to hold out the ding-dong play until the men pay more attention.
You know, the Italian sex genre lasted several decades and there's no question that it probably had an impact on various American movies that followed. With that said, there are some really bad ones out there and this one here certainly fits that category for a number of reasons. The biggest reason is the fact that the film is downright unfunny from the start to the end. Another major problem is that it clocks in at 97-minutes, which is about 96-minutes too long.
The biggest problem here is that the screenplay is extremely lame. You get fart jokes, jokes aimed at gay characters and all sorts of sexist jokes. It would seem that this type of stuff set during the caveman period would lead to some great fun but it doesn't because the screenplay is very silly and downright bad. I mean, I might have laughed at this stuff if I was a seven-year-old who stumbled upon this film at midnight on Cinemax.
Another problem is that the movie is deadly slow and just gets dragged out to the point where you're wanting to scratch your eyes out. I will say that the movie looked great. I thought the costumes were good and for the most part I thought the setting was perfect. You at least really did feel as if you were watching something set during the time period. Considering the budget, that was impressive. There's also some attractive ladies getting naked throughout but all of this can't save the movie.