Others say...

"HIGH CAMP FETISH FUN"
This original movie was simply a joy to see in the 1980's. My husband had a crush on Tawny, never missing her on "WKRP (?)In Cincinnati." So...when I spotted the VHS on a video store shelf one day back then, I grabbed up a copy immediately as a surprise for him. We had great fun watching it together. Believe me, I didn't get this movie with any expectation of cinematic excellence in mind. I just knew that my husband would get a kick out of seeing his favorite TV celebrity, Tawny Kitaen, naked on screen. I was curious too. Frankly though, I personally found Tawny's sidekick, Zabou cuter and more enticing than the star herself, but have never seen her since. I went out and bought a leather bustier the very next day. Compare this film with the much ballyhooed 9 1/2 Weeks or Eyes Wide Shut. YOU tell me which are sexier more fun to watch? I was just sad that this movie wasn't BAD enough and ended too soon. Tawny Kitaen could have built a lucrative career for herself simply making sequels to this film.... by continuing with the erotic adventures of Gwendoline. Pop entertainment doesn't have to empress the self-anointed film critics in order to be good. It simply needs to capture the imagination of its target audience. This film does that......even 23 years after it was made.

"Gwendoline movie"
This movie was every bit as campy and good as I remember it, I have been looking for it on DVD for ages. I didn't notice any differences from the version I have on VHS from when it was first released, and I believe it was rated "R". I might have to go back and check. If you love damsel in distress movies, this one has plenty of that

"Wiley was better"
The film was fun, more or less faithfully replicating John Wiley's original. Unfortunately, Wiley's graphic/erotic tension was largely missing. The dialog clumsy and unconvincing. Enjoyable, on the whole, but lacking the edge.

The most serious problem was technical: voice and image were out of sync. Everyone, not least your customer, deserved better.

"Tawny Kitean?"
THAT Tawny? sort of "Ms Coverdell?" Just on the basis of a few..."eighties videos," maybe this is worth a second...(AHEM!)...uh...gasp/whoop, "glance!"

""don't put it away... throw it with great force!""
Gosh, this is -without any trace of a doubt - THE silliest and stupidest movie I have even seen.

In the Soviet Russia in the 80s, when I was in the university, the only source of information about Western (made in West, not just the cowboy stuff) movies - besides the officially approved and thus empty editions - was a couple of obscure and very cheezy Polish magazines, printed on bad paper with smudged photos and unreadable texts. "Gwendoline" was a sensation with them and they dedicated article after article to the movie (they did the same with Emmanuelle and other softcore masterpieces).
So I finally decided to find out what was all the frenzy about.

Well , the 70s and 80s are over (thanks for small mercies) and the movie proved to be so bad, that it is not even good. You know, how we often say - oh, it is so bad it is delicious. This is not the case. This one clearly transcends the stage "so bad, it is actully good" and goes into "oh boy, bad is not the word".

Even softcore adventures should have at least one good idea, one good laugh and one good line per movie. This one does not. Girls look good (nobody argues) , the boy looks great (very neat six-pack) , costumes (if you can call them that) are rather abbreviated.

Usually when I do not like a movie and do not intend to keep it, I give it away. In this case I dropped it into trash as I would have been too ashamed to give it to anybody - not because of the naked bodies, but due to sheer stupidy of the film.