Should you see it? Only if you're a fan of Joan Collins.
Having reviewed the worse (and better) sequel "The Bitch," I guess I should do the original. Jackie Collins novels are to Harold Robbins novels as "Cracked" magazine is to "Mad" magazine (take THAT, Miller analogies test!) and when they got filmed, her sister Joan starred. It's sort of a reverse gender Pygmalion, as nymphomaniac rich Joan makes guy-whose-name-I-can't-recall into her protege/sex toy. The best scene is probably the swimming pool orgy, where there are swings that get used interminably. There's one truly good thing in the film, in that the guy gets told that he's essentially "a turnstile in Grand Central Station, that everyone goes through once." He's fallen for Joan's daughter, who also rebukes him and he ends up as bad or worse off than when he started - that's interesting. There's a horrible disco soundtrack, but the 1970's fashions and hair aren't as bad as what you usually see, perhaps as they were supposed to be upscale.
While you are right about the overall quality if the film, I EOULD also recommend it for "Dynasty" fans as well, since she's basically playing an "uncensored" version of the same character.
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