dsgraham212002
You know, I can stand wretched performances from some actors, but Bill Maher is totally-unwatchable in this stink bomb. He isn't funny even for one moment, and you can't wait for him to die a painful death (in the film). Oh, the pain...the pain (in the immortal words of Dr. Smith of "Lost in Space" fame. I'm watching the Elvira, Mistress of the Dark version and she cannot appear often-enough. She's the sole reason to watch this piece of celluloid dreck. I know she hosts cinematic crud like this one, but jeez... Yes, I know it's supposed to be campy, but Maher is barely believable as a human being, much less an allegedly-chauvinistic whatever-he-is. This movie launched his comedy career, you say? Really? Who made that determination? I guess he does die in this thing, but I don't know if I'll make it that far. Even if he's supposed to be awful, he's so awful you can't believe how awful he is! Egad!
gridoon
With a title like that, I wasn't sure what to expect, but it definitely wasn't a low-low-low-grade comedy with endless pseudo-pointed conversations about the battle of the sexes! The humor is very corny and some of the jokes are telegraphed well before they occur! This still gets a generous rating of two stars, if only because it offers some nice eye-candy, and Karen Mistal, as the bubbleheaded student, is simply amazing.
R Becker
Hey, it's got skin. And it's got more skin. It's even got Adrienne Barbeau's skin (mmmm, Adrienne Barbeau). Not the funniest thing in the world, sort of the ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES of the jungle-women subgenre, but you could do worse -- I know *I* have...
lancashi
I'm somewhat surprised at the low rating of this film.Cannibal Women is a low-budget satire, and I thought a very funny and intelligent one. The script is absolutely fantastic. And the only reason I can imagine for the low reviews is that people either expected a (1) sexploitation flick with gratuitous nudity or (2) a polished adventure thriller in the Indiana Jones tradition. This is neither. It is a low-budget mix of "Heart of Darkness" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" as transplanted to (of all things) feminist studies in southern California.
But it has genuine and unexpected laughs.
