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Head (1968)

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Reviews Counted:15

Fresh:11

Rotten:4

Average Rating:6.5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: It's a head trip, man! Director Bob Rafelson's feature film debut is based on the hit television show THE MONKEES, which Rafelson created and produced (along with Bert Schneider). Like the TV show,... It's a head trip, man! Director Bob Rafelson's feature film debut is based on the hit television show THE MONKEES, which Rafelson created and produced (along with Bert Schneider). Like the TV show, HEAD follows the adventures of the fictitious pop band the Monkees--four goofy, mop-topped young rockers who look suspiciously like the Beatles. Written by Rafelson and actor Jack Nicholson, the film rejects plot in favor of a psychedelic trip through a series of parodies of every major film genre, including the Western, the musical, and the war film. These stylized romps are intercut with various surreal scenes, such as the classic sequence where the Monkees are sucked up through a giant vacuum cleaner and then spewed out as bits of dandruff in Victor Mature's hair. Also thrown into the bizarre mix are clips of television commercials, classic movies, and documentary footage from Vietnam. The result is an avant-garde, kaleidoscopic collage, peppered with Monkees songs such as "Circle Sky," "Porpoise Song," and "Daddy's Song." [More]

Starring: Monkees, Victor Mature, Frank Zappa, Annette Funicello

Starring: Monkees, Victor Mature, Frank Zappa, Annette Funicello, Carol Doda, Teri Garr, Sonny Liston, Peter Tork, Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Timothy Carey

Director: Bob Rafelson

Director: Bob Rafelson
Screenwriter: Bob Rafelson, Jack Nicholson
Composer: Ken Thorne
Producer: Bob Rafelson

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Mad, but highly watchable.

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05/16/08
Kim Newman
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Empire Magazine
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Despite obviously dated aspects like clumsy psychedelic effects and some turgid slapstick sequences, the film is still remarkably vital and entertaining.

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02/09/06
Derek Adams
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Time Out
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Messy it may be, but Head acts as a fascinating document that marked the passing of Woodstock's loved-up summer into the violent winter of Altamont.

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05/24/03
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The clean-cut kids and the created kinetics work up a 'so-what' reaction too soon in the 85-minute stretch seques from war to westerns to desert chases to mad scientist brushes in the Columbia lot.

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05/16/08
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The result is a visually daring cinematic game that is virtually plotless and better off for being so.

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07/26/07
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It's no Monty Python.

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06/02/07
Dennis Schwartz
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Equal parts good trip, bad trip, and cheesefest.

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08/30/05
Leo Goldsmith
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06/19/05
Emanuel Levy
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The movie is, nonetheless, of a certain fascination in its joining of two styles: pot and advertising.

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05/21/05
Renata Adler
Renata Adler
New York Times
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The great movie suicide attempt. The Monkees succeed in killing their careers.

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12/21/04
Eric Lurio
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Greenwich Village Gazette

Sometimes it succeeds.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
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No review available.

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02/17/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Considered a train wreck in 1968, this rock flick keeps getting better with age.

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02/07/03
Gerry Shamray
Gerry Shamray
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland

It's the deliberate assassination of the group by the group itself -- as far removed from their carefully crafted TV image as possible.

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12/11/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

It's uneven but mostly a blast.

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01/01/00
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
 
 
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