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In the Valley of the Dolls, it's instant turn-on… dolls to put you to...
In New York City, bright but naive New Englander Anne Welles becomes a secretary at a theatrical law firm, where she falls in love with attorney Lyon Burke. Anne befriends up-and-coming singer Neely O'Hara, whose dynamic talent threatens aging star Helen Lawson and beautiful but talentless actress Jennifer North. The women experience success and failure in love and work, leading to heartbreak, addiction and tragedy.
Jacqueline Susann's 'expose' of Hollywood gets the cliche-ridden treatment it deserves from Robson.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
rotten:
It tries to raise itself to the level of sophisticated pornography, but fails. And it is dirty, not because it has lots of sex in it, but because it firmly believes that sex is dirty.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
rotten:
It's an unbelievably hackneyed and mawkish mish-mash of backstage plots and Peyton Place adumbrations.