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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

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United Kingdom, United States · 1975
Rated R · 1h 40m
Director Jim Sharman
Starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien
Genre Comedy, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror

After their car breaks down in the middle of a storm, newlyweds Brad and Janet seek assistance at an ominous mansion nearby. Little do the straight-laced couple know that this is the home of maniacal transvestite scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter, who has gathered a collection of colorful characters under his roof that night for a debaucherous party celebrating his newest creation.

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What are people saying?

Marjorie Testa Profile picture for Marjorie Testa

This is one of my favorite movies and one of the few that I can happily rewatch again and again. I’ve never been a huge fan of musicals, but what keeps me (and probably many fans out there) coming back to “Rocky Horror” is its delightfully campy, glam-rock stylings and how fun and uninhibited the whole production feels. In a lot of ways it's like a bizarre, debaucherous fairy tale for weirdos, outcasts and folks whose very existence is subversive, and because of that I think it will continue to experience a cult following for a long time to come.

What are critics saying?

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Variety by

Most of the jokes that might have seemed jolly fun on stage now appear obvious and even flat. The sparkle's gone.

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Empire by Adam Smith

The powerhouse of the film is Tim Curry's cross-dressing alien, Frank N. Furter, who would never reach these kinds of gloriously demented heights again.

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The A.V. Club by Keith Phipps

The plot is only semi-comprehensible, but the nearly non-stop musical numbers-brilliant conflations of glam-rock and showtunes-and transgressive sexual energy keep things moving.

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Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

Dr. Furter is played by a British actor named Tim Curry, who bears a certain resemblance to Loretta Young in drag. He's the best thing in the movie, maybe because he seems to be having the most fun.

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Time Out London by Trevor Johnston

The material inspires affection, given its knowing pastiche of everything from Universal horrors to '50s grade-Z sci-fi, and a shamelessly hedonistic, fiercely independent sensibility that must have seemed a welcome relief from the mainstream bombast of other '70s musicals.

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Entertainment Weekly by Ty Burr

For a movie that's mostly a plotless mix of old sci-fi flicks and Bowie-esque gender-bending, Rocky Horror continues to charm. That's due in part to the honest delight we take in the freedoms this movie so cheerfully flaunts.

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