Smartorhypo
Highly Overrated But Still Good
TrueHello
Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
Zlatica
One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
MartinHafer
Back in 1967, "I am Curious Yellow" made quite the splash because it was the first mainstream film to show male frontal nudity. It also featured the main character talk about masturbation, engage in sex with multiple partners and it was very frank. However, like milk of episodes of "Laugh-in", the film has not aged well and is incredibly dull and pretentious. And, in a further example of how times have changed, it's available from Netflix--a service that doesn't show porn films at all.The film is very modern 60s in its sensibilities. Much of the film is a pseudo-documentary where the lead asks folks about a wide variety of social issues, such as the draft, social class and non-violence. But none of this is really important as the film also is sure to let you know that it's all fake and it exits the fourth wall quite often--showing the filmmaker and crew several times. It also has lots of edits and pop-up commentary...all of which today seem less modern and hip and more amateurish. In fact, the story is dull and meanders all over the place.What you have is a mainstream film that shocked people but really is a dull and confusing mess...a film with very, very limited appeal today...especially since much better and more hard-core porn is ubiquitous.
ravitchn
I have never seen so many dark-haired, dark-eyed people and dark genitalia in Sweden. Where are the blonds? I have been to Sweden recently, not at the time the movie was made, and I was amazed at the sexual decadence and lack of common bourgeois decency in the country. It is one thing to want to oppose excessive puritanism but this movie goes too far, but in fact sex is a minor part of it; the discussion of social inequality is rather boring and without much relevance. You cannot have a society of equality without destroying ability, genius, and even the possibility of making good movies. I am convinced that this movie got attention and legal opposition solely because of frontal genital exposure and rampant sexuality and not for any real importance it had
anuscontranaturii
this movie is not porn, it was not meant to be porn, and unless my uncle runs for president of the world it should never be considered porn.now that that issue was sorted out, i can say i thoroughly recommend this film, as it's issues are still widely available. it's funny, the acting is great and it raises serious(curious) questions.i can't fully understand why this film was so mistreated, probably this is why i plan to never visit the us. Lena is the true pioneer of the modern riot-grrrl movement, confusion, curiosity and wit are her main attributes, she is occasionally angry, but aren't we all?
jimbo700
I was 15 years old in 1967 and this was the first "X Rated" movie to show in my home town. We had a brand-new twin screen theater and the MPAA's rating system was new and theater operators did not yet know how to deal with the ratings, so I just walked up, purchased a ticket and walked right in (I was 15 and looked like I was about 12 or 13.. they had to know). I originally attended he movie to see the sex. I had never seen anything even remotely containing nudity and was curious. I remember being unimpressed with the nudity and sex, but actually enjoyed the picture. On my way out, I bumped into a Jr. High School History teacher of mine, who attended the same Church as my family. She sheepishly walked up and said, "...tell you what Jim, I won't tell your mother I saw you here if you don't tell her you saw me (and her husband) here". "It's a deal", I said worrying about my own skin and I never told my little secret. I'd like to try to find it on DVD to see how I would look at it nearly 40 years later. I'd give the movie ***** (five) stars out of 10, based on the 40 year-old memory of a 15 year old viewer.
