In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.
Fonda looks sensational and glides through this romp like a dazed, ripe-to-the- touch innocent.
– Edward Guthmann,
San Francisco Chronicle,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
It's fun in a 'What were they smoking?' kind of way.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
10 Jun 2004
rotten:
Throughout the movie, there is the assumption that just mentioning a thing (sex, politics, religion) makes it funny and that mentioning it in some offensive context makes it funnier.
– Renata Adler,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
rotten:
Despite a certain amount of production dash and polish and a few silly-funny lines of dialog, Barbarella isn't very much of a film.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
17 Apr 2007
rotten:
The film is ugly on so many levels -- from art direction to human values -- that it's hard to know where to begin.