Customer Rating: Summary: Not Happy Comment: This movie was presented to be the same as the movie I wanted, it is not! Customer Rating: Summary: One of the greatest camp classics ever. Comment: "The Lonely Lady" is that type of terribly misguided attempt at serious drama that ended up being a trashy soap opera. It's about as campy as it gets, and if you like that kind of movies, you will most likely love "The Lonely Lady". Pia Zadora is cute and innocent as always. She has often been ridiculed for her supposed lack of talent, but she has a certain charm and I doubt that many actresses could play this part, with all of it's cheesy dialogue, in a very believable way. She and the rest of the cast try their best, but because of the material they have to work with, they all end up laughable, just the way you like it when watching a campy movie like this.
Don't expect this to be a great movie, but if you are looking for something campy and unintentionally funny, this just might be your perfect choise. It's one of my favorite guilty pleasures and I really hope it will be released on DVD soon. Both the movie and the audience deserves it. Customer Rating: Summary: The BEST Bad Movie EVER from Harold Robbins (and Pia!) Comment: This one ranks among the Top 10 Best Bad Movies of All Time in my new book, THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE MOVIE GUIDE (also available from amazon.com). Financed by Pia's billionaire husband Meshulem Riklis, based on Harold Robbins' delectably trashy novel and centered on Zadora's portrayal of a struggling screenwriter who's used and abused by just about everyone in Hollywood, LONELY LADY must be seen to be disbelieived. Featuring a rape-by-garden-hose, a scene where a billiard ball is shot at Pia's privates as she cavorts nude atop a pool table, a lesbian hot-tub seduction, Zadora in one of the greatest Going-Insane-Before-Our-Eyes scenes of all time and the funniest/tackiest award show acceptance speech ever filmed, this is a MUST SEE for anyone who truly loves Bad Cinema at Its BERRY Worst! Customer Rating: Summary: THE CROWD PLEASER Comment: What a bad bad movie THE LONELY LADY is. Yet this Harold Robbins adaptation deserves all the stops. The story centers around a busty blonde played by the legendary (yes, legendary) Pia Zadora, who wants to make it in Hollywood as a screenwriter. Her path to there is a no holds barred, sexually charged, unintentionally funny, so bad it's so good, jaw dropping extravaganza you'll be glad to witness. Zadora literally throws herself in the main title role. One can even glimpse at a talented actress behind her many over-the-top fits. As for the script, well, there isn't any--just a sew-on take of its star in different states of undress who, in between stages, delivers such howlers as "if I write for anyone, Vinny, I write for ME!". The powers that be at Universal who, needless to say, have the rights to this gem, should really swallow their pride and release it on DVD (with outtakes and commentaries, of course). Can't they see they have a definite camp classic in their hands ?-----Martin Boucher Customer Rating: Summary: Trash! Comment: One late night on a weekend I was up late and watching movies on cable TV and The Lonely Lady starring Chipmunk faced Pia Zadora was on commercial free and unedited so out of curiosity I watched it and It was one of the worst movies I have ever seen so vapid and trite and stupid! (...)
