Playmate of the Month, movie deals, a luxurious life in L.A.'s ritziest enclaves: That's a lot to handle for Dorothy Stratten, who little more than a year before was a 17-year-old working in an ice cream shop. It's even more to handle for Paul Snider, the ambitious wheeler-dealer who discovers her, puts her on a path of fame and fortune and takes it all away from her in a brutal moment of jealousy and rage. Jamie Lee Curtis portrays the centerfold sensation, torn by her sense of obligation to Snider (whom Stratten married) yet growing up fast in the whirl of success and opportunity surrounding her. And future Hill Street Blues Emmy winner Bruce Weitz plays the dangerous man who ultimately couldn't have Stratten. So neither would anyone else.
M**N
Sad movie
Sad movie
D**N
Bad casting but DVD worked great
This is my first time seeing this movie. I watched Star 80 before and thought it was a better movie. Jamie Lee is a good actress, just no Dorothy. Dorothy Stratten was beyond gorgeous and after seeing interviews with her and her very soft voice, it just didn't work for me. The DVD itself worked great and that's what's I gave a good rating for, not the movie.
A**N
So-so
So-so
B**E
Jamie Lee Curtis was OK but I felt (from reading Peter Bogdanovich's Killing of the Unicorn) that Dorothy's sweetness of charact
TV movie quality. A somewhat factual account of the true life murder. Jamie Lee Curtis was OK but I felt (from reading Peter Bogdanovich's Killing of the Unicorn) that Dorothy's sweetness of character was not really shown. The other characters (Bruce Weitz, Robert Reed, etc) did not really truly represent the real life men who make up this story. This is an interesting but sleazy story of innocence lost in the hinterlands of Hollywood in 1980. This movie did not really capture that entirely.
G**L
Good Movie
I've always liked this movie with Jamie Lee Curtis as Dorothy Stratten. Of course, it is very sad about what happened to her.
E**K
tragic Dorothy Stratten
I have nothing against the actors themselves because they are good actors, but not in this movie. Mariel Hemingway portrayed Dorothy better in Star 80 than Jamie Lee Curtis did in this movie. Jamie looked nothing like her nor did she act like Dorothy. Bruce Weitz was a poor imitation of Paul Snider, whereas Eric Roberts was amazing as Paul Snider. In general, I think it was poorly cast. The story itself was ok.
T**.
Good
Good story
G**R
plays good
sad
A**5
Pass The Shotgun
Very cheap, very wet Wednesday afternoon on Channel 5 (UK). Will spoil your memories of Belker from Hill Street Blues. Not the VERY worst movie, but not great.
K**.
3 1/2
The talented and beautiful Jamie Lee Curtis is wonderful in this TV movie about playboy centrefold who would be murders the year she was chosen to be the playmate of the year
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