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Mama and daughters get forced by circumstances into bootlegging and bank robbing, and travel across the country trailed by the law.
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Big Bad Mama is the archetypal Roger Corman 70s b-movie, with the monsters and sci-fi of the 50s and 60s replaced by plentiful low-budget action, tongue-in-cheek humor and mandatory nudity from almost every actress in the cast in a fast-moving Depression-era backroads gangster flick. Angie Dickinson is the Ma Barker figure tryin' to do right by her two gals, stumbling her way from bootlegging to armed robbery to kidnapping with the aid of Tom Skerritt's bank robber and William Shatner's Southern conman (unfortunately the mandatory nudity rule also applies to him, though we are spared the sight of the captain's log). While not as smart as John Sayles' and Jonathan Demme's Corman flicks there are occasional nods to history - not least the resistance of hypocritical establishment figures and the Big Rich to the New Deal, leaving the poor to fend for themselves as best they can - and some mildly anarchic sight gags (watch out for the cripple `healed' by William O'Connell's phoney preacher) but mostly this has few aspirations beyond throwing in as many shootouts, car chases and nude scenes from Ms Dickinson as it can in its 83-minute running time.
Unlike the US DVD, which includes an audio commentary by Corman and Dickinson, there are no real extras on the UK DVD - just a handful of trailers for straight-to-video films like Carnosaur and Ankle Biters.
Unlike the US DVD, which includes an audio commentary by Corman and Dickinson, there are no real extras on the UK DVD - just a handful of trailers for straight-to-video films like Carnosaur and Ankle Biters.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This film shows its age but it is still amusing - not funny or dramatic. The story line is old but it does pass a few pleasant hours. For the cost of the DVD it was worth the investment.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
top 1970`s crime caper of the 1930`s,funny,sexy,lot`s of action,and nude scene`s as is the norm for 70`s films,go buy for a good 80mins entertainment,far better than lots of modern films on the same subject
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Nostalgic
I remember seeing this film when I was about ten, some 33 years ago! *gulps*
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Published 1 month ago by K. MOONEY
Oh Angie
I was a young man when this came out and never actually saw it in the flicks so when it turned up on dvd i seized the chance to view it. Read more
Published 1 month ago by mal
Not the original !
It is a cut version, the american original movie gives 83 minutes, may be more ! Here, we find the 82 miniutes version, surely cut. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Options
Big Bad B-Movie
This is an above average b-movie, the acting, the camera work, the jokes, the car chases and a full quota of quality nude scenes make this watchable right to the end. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Duluoz Lautrec
great film
this film is typical of the seventies bad hair bad clothes but as a film it holds your attention in the way only a "midnight" movie can with good performances from all the cast and... Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2003 by "ihavetaste"
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