New & Current Releases
Archives: A-Z By Title
Archives: A-Z By Author
Advanced Search

All-Time High Scores
Best Of 2006
Best Of 2005
Best Of 2004
How Metascores Are Calculated
Discuss Books In Our Forums

Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed books.

Big Bosoms And Square Jaws
The Biography Of Russ Meyer, King Of The Sex Film
by Jimmy McDonough


N/A

based on 10 reviews
read critic reviews
how did we calculate this?

based on 0 votes
read user comments
rate this book

Compare prices at pricegrabber.com

Buy it at powells.com

Buy it at amazon.com

Buy it at amazon.co.uk

Official Publisher Site

Biographer McDonough examines the life and career of "sexploitation" film king Russ Meyer, the creator of such "classics" as "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!".

Crown, 480 pages
06/28/2005
$26.95

ISBN: 1400050448

Nonfiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Entertainment & Media

All reviews are classified as one of five grades: Outstanding (4 points), Favorable (3), Mixed (2), Unfavorable (1) and Terrible (0). To calculate the Metascore, we divide total points achieved by the total points possible (i.e., 4 x the number of reviews), with the resulting percentage (multiplied by 100) being the Metascore. Learn more...

Kirkus Reviews

The unbridled Russ Meyer... is given a thorough, pulsing autopsy.

Publishers Weekly Legs McNeil

A fun, twisted romp through the life of one of America's most celebrated, sordid -- and ultimately sad -- filmmakers.

Library Journal Barry X. Miller

Wonderfully brisk and dead-on. [15 Jun 2005 , p.72]

San Francisco Chronicle Nathaniel Rich

Entertaining, if overstuffed.

The Independent Tom Dewe Mathews

It is the descriptions of the flagrant crassness, the very vulgarity of Meyer's movies, rather than any discourse on film aesthetics, that make McDonough's book so refreshing and exuberantly entertaining.

The Observer Lucy Ellman and Todd McEwen

A very funny, brave book about an artist who deserves to be remembered and enjoyed.

The New York Times Book Review Ron Powers

Rudimentary forays into critical analysis evaporate in the pervading horndog heat.

Houston Chronicle Brad Tyer

McDonough is pretty much left hanging out to dry as far as making the case for his subject as an important filmmaker.

Booklist Mike Tribby

Seductive and repulsive. [1 Jun 2005, p. 1738]

Daily Telegraph Philip Hensher

McDonough will put off many potential readers by his eager salivation over Meyer's lurid work.

The average user rating for this book is 0.0 (out of 10) based on 0 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Discuss this book in our forums

Return to top of page

Big Bosoms And Square Jaws The Biography Of Russ Meyer, King Of The Sex Film by Jimmy McDonough

Big Bosoms And Square Jaws
The Biography Of Russ Meyer, King Of The Sex Film
by Jimmy McDonough