It seems a contest between veteran actresses Cloris Leachman and Jayne Meadows who's running around more, like they were Glinda searching for her lost bubble. Put into an unflattering pink wig and even odder outfits, Leachman looks like she survived a Pepto Bismol factory explosion, then ran into an espresso factory right before it blew up, running around in this film like a flamingo being chased by a color blind Thanksgiving chef. It's embarrassing to watch the Oscar and Emmy winning actress never stopping to breathe, and she's nearly upstaged by an equally hammy Meadows as they battle to control national beauty contest winner Diane Lane.
There have been many exposes on the absurdity of beauty pageants, and this is by far the worst, cartoonish in every way and horribly written. This could easily have been a rival to "Valley of the Dolls" as fun trash, but outside of the laughs at Leachman and Meadows' expense, it's just not even close to the unintentionally funny 1967 cult classic. David Dukes and Brian Kerwin are dull leading men, with Dukes never sleazy enough as the photo journalist stalking Lane, and Kerwin just dull. Lane plays a two dimensional young woman, blandly normal with nothing striking enough to make her stand out, a complete waste considering her talent. An absolute stinker that shows that beauty, like a pimple, is only skin deep and quickly pops.
There have been many exposes on the absurdity of beauty pageants, and this is by far the worst, cartoonish in every way and horribly written. This could easily have been a rival to "Valley of the Dolls" as fun trash, but outside of the laughs at Leachman and Meadows' expense, it's just not even close to the unintentionally funny 1967 cult classic. David Dukes and Brian Kerwin are dull leading men, with Dukes never sleazy enough as the photo journalist stalking Lane, and Kerwin just dull. Lane plays a two dimensional young woman, blandly normal with nothing striking enough to make her stand out, a complete waste considering her talent. An absolute stinker that shows that beauty, like a pimple, is only skin deep and quickly pops.