Is that supposed to be a joke?! What an awful film. *Extremely sexist and absolutely nonsense.* I mean, Brigitte Bardot's is only there to show her legs and semi-nude body _ of course, she's stunning. But why exploit her in such an outrageous and blatant manner? There is no character development whatsoever, we simply get to see a few caricatures; stereotyped characters popping out of nowhere while the leads_"also stereotypes, the 'whore' horny wife married to the 'typical' husband who loves his wife but needs to defend his honor_" and the couple is either *beep* or talking nonsense. There is also a background story between the husband and a bald old rich man who wants to buy his supposedly 'valuable' lands, story which is left unsolved at the end. Is really a miserable, nonsense screenplay. *More nonsense...* Also, why Bardot's character was shooting people in the street? I mean what the hell?! Probably the best example I could give of how nonsensical and moronic this film is. The ending is almost as moronic as this scene too. *DESPITE being extremely screwed, the editing makes the film interesting (at times...)* Yes. Is a very screwed editing work, have no doubts about it. BUT...it actually worked sometimes. In the first half of the film, there is really a nice pace -and not so many nonsense going on- and the film got even watchable at some point, and really interesting to look at DESPITE EVERYTHING. But the second half of the film is absolutely awful in that aspect. *Conclusion* I can firmly say there was no intention in telling a story in that film. The only thing director Roger Vadim wanted to do was show Bardot's semi-nude body, arousing the man around her. I said it. There is simply no artistic values in this film, there is no craft put in this film, there isn't even enough effort put in this film. Horrible. No matter how bad the censorship "cut" this film at the time, there is simply no excuse to why it sucks so bad.

This Vadim film is an extremely poorly crafted piece of work, interesting today only because of the social impact its star, Brigitte Bardot made. Her first major starring role, it presents her as a liberated, care-free woman and she presents a striking contrast to prior representations of women on the French screen.Her character's youthfulness, petulance, irrepressible energy and, on a negative note, selfishness, stand in contrast to previous women who were by and large either highly virtuous and prim and proper or gangsters' molls of dubious reputations.The appearance of this youthful character appears at the same time as ideas about teenagers and their importance as a consumer market were emerging in the English-speaking world, most notably the United States, particularly as the rock 'n' roll craze began. Indeed, Bardot's character perfectly captures the flightiness, impulsiveness and selfishness of so many female teenagers and the wild dance at the end makes the connection between music, consumerism and this new attitude.Other than that, though, this is a crudely-made film. The bright, sunlit scenes and bold colour may convey a hope and optimism but the cinematography is static, the pace slow and the narrative uninteresting. Bardot may capture youthfulness but that does not make her character any more likable, particularly with regard to her flighty behaviour and unfaithfulness toward her husband.Indeed, none of the characters are likable, meaning the audience quickly loses interest in their dull squabbles and selfish attitudes.Perhaps this film is best viewed as a period piece then. It may have captured the zeitgeist for youth in 1956 and caused a minor shock in the prudish United States but it does not stand the test of time. Bardot still looks modern and reflects the attitude of many teenage girls even today but the rest of the film is tired and stale.

"And God Created Woman," the movie that proved that men would see subtitled films if Brigitte Bardot was the star, is far from being a masterpiece, but it worked as cheap entertainment in the '50s, and still does today. Bardot's charms are on full display here: pouty mouth, tiny waist, and the "feet of a queen" despite her walking around barefoot all the time.The plot is pretty standard-issue for a tawdry little melodrama. Juliette (Bardot) is an oversexed foster child in St-Tropez, flirting with a suave millionaire (Curd Jürgens) and yearning for handsome local-boy-made-good Antoine (Christian Marquand), who rejects her. In order to avoid being sent back to the orphanage, she marries Antoine's shy younger brother Michel (Jean-Louis Trintignant), and events proceed from there without many surprises.The sexual and racial politics of the movie are terribly retrograde: Juliette's dancing to African mambo music signifies her descent into depravity, and the movie suggests that Michel needs to learn to "control" his wayward wife. The first half of the movie makes some efforts to establish Juliette as a sympathetic character--she loves music and animals, she won't deal with people who dislike her--but by the end, she is demonized as a woman who will drive men to their doom.Bardot is charismatic and has at least one terrific scene where she defies her husband's family, but the other actors don't do much with their roles. The lovely cinematography captures St-Tropez before it became a fashionable resort, and the oh-so-'50s jazz soundtrack is fun. Moreover, despite the plot's datedness and predictability, it's enjoyable to spend 90 minutes with an audacious melodrama, and to see why it caused such a fuss 50 years ago.

Before this movie, I had never seen a naked woman that moved. Unless you count the images in magazines waving in the breeze! Ever since then I have had a love of slim blondes with long hair, , so I guess it must have had an effect on me. Besides that, "Art Films" were rare in Australia at the time, so it was quite a revelation to me. I don't remember much of the film, but the picture of the beautiful Bridgette will always remain in my mind. It was nice to see, in later years that she became such a strong advocate for animal welfare, and has retired semi-gracefully to her villa. Thank you Bridgette for all the entertainment.