The Owl and the Pussycat is simultaneously really cute and really dated. If you want to see Barbra Streisand prance around in a darling lingerie set, you're going to have to endure lots of dialogue that wouldn't be said today. The impetus for the two main characters to meet is as follows: Barbra and George Segal are neighbors. She's a prostitute, and when he tells the landlord, she barges into his apartment to chew him out. She calls him a "fruit" and he calls her "promiscuous", and while they banter back and forth about each other's lifestyles, modern audiences will probably drop their jaws. It just isn't pc to insult a woman for having multiple bedroom partners, use gay slang, or to assume that calling someone gay is an insult in itself. The one theme of the film that's still alive and well: making fun of intellectuals. Intellectuals are always fair game to criticize and pull apart, to put back together only when they've learned how to let their hair down and "live". So, if you like that message, you can go back in time to 1970 and rent The Owl and the Pussycat.
Babs is really cute in this movie, and not just because of her adorable costume. She rattles off quips like breathing, and gives just as good as she gets. And if you like dated period pieces, like Barefoot in the Park or Fun with Dick and Jane, you'll probably think this is a sweet and funny trip back in time. My favorite jokes are the ones that make fun of the stereotypical "author". For example, George Segal writes a poetic phrase, "the sun spit morning," and Barbra doesn't understand what it means. Sometimes authors are too in love with their own words and need to take a trip back down to Earth.
Babs is really cute in this movie, and not just because of her adorable costume. She rattles off quips like breathing, and gives just as good as she gets. And if you like dated period pieces, like Barefoot in the Park or Fun with Dick and Jane, you'll probably think this is a sweet and funny trip back in time. My favorite jokes are the ones that make fun of the stereotypical "author". For example, George Segal writes a poetic phrase, "the sun spit morning," and Barbra doesn't understand what it means. Sometimes authors are too in love with their own words and need to take a trip back down to Earth.