{"id":86470,"date":"2022-08-26T22:33:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T05:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=86470"},"modified":"2022-12-21T21:00:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T04:00:35","slug":"big-bad-mama-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=86470","title":{"rendered":"Big Bad Mama (1974)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;In business, you&#8217;ve gotta think big or think fast.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Poster-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-86471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Poster-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Poster-180x270.png 180w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Poster.png 619w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter preventing one of her daughters (Robbie Lee) from getting married, a Depression-era mother (Angie Dickinson) goes on the run with her and her other daughter (Susan Sennett), eventually joining forces with a bank robber (Tom Skerritt) and a Southern con-man (William Shatner) who vie for all three women&#8217;s affections.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Angie Dickinson Films<\/li>\n<li>Depression Era<\/li>\n<li>Dick Miller Films<\/li>\n<li>Outlaws<\/li>\n<li>Roger Corman Films<\/li>\n<li>Single Mothers<\/li>\n<li>Strong Females<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary isn&#8217;t a fan of this exploitation film about a woman &#8220;and her two sluttish teenage daughters&#8221; who &#8220;become bank robbers and kidnappers so they can someday reach the criminal-rich level of &#8216;Ford, Rockefeller, Capone, and all the rest of them.'&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Bank-Robbing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Bank-Robbing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Bank-Robbing.png 704w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Bank-Robbing-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Bank-Robbing-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Bank-Robbing-475x270.png 475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He notes that &#8220;in between the frequent sex scenes&#8230; there is much gunplay and many car chases,&#8221; not to mention &#8220;too much rude language and fake feminism&#8221; &#8212; and he points out that while this New World Productions flick was made as a &#8220;throwback to&#8230; Corman-directed fifties gangster films&#8221; such as <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2080\"><em>The Bonnie Parker Story<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=75711\"><em>Machine Gun Kelly<\/em><\/a>,&#8221; &#8220;those pictures had an innocent quality&#8221; while this film is simply &#8220;embarrassingly vulgar.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Down-Payment.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Down-Payment.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Down-Payment.png 704w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Down-Payment-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Down-Payment-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Down-Payment-475x270.png 475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m essentially in agreement with Peary&#8217;s assessment &#8212; though I don&#8217;t take quite as much offense at it. As critic Richard Harlan Smith writes in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/68602\/big-bad-mama#articles-reviews?articleId=288747\">review for TCM<\/a>, &#8220;the film&#8217;s capital asset is its sense of the absurd&#8221;: it&#8217;s &#8220;only superficially a gangster tale&#8221; given that it also maintains &#8220;one foot in the exploitation subgenres of Southern farce and rural revenge&#8221;. Fans of such films will want to give it a look, but others can feel free to skip it. Watch for Dick Miller (naturally!) in a bit role. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Miller.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Miller.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Miller.png 704w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Miller-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Miller-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Miller-475x270.png 475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine period detail<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Church-Car.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Church-Car.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-86475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Church-Car.png 704w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Church-Car-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Church-Car-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Big-Bad-Mama-Church-Car-475x270.png 475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one isn&#8217;t must-see. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0071216\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=560&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/68602\/big-bad-mama#articles-reviews?articleId=288747\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/big-bad-mama\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In business, you&#8217;ve gotta think big or think fast.&#8221; Synopsis: After preventing one of her daughters (Robbie Lee) from getting married, a Depression-era mother (Angie Dickinson) goes on the run with her and her other daughter (Susan Sennett), eventually joining forces with a bank robber (Tom Skerritt) and a Southern con-man (William Shatner) who vie for all three women&#8217;s affections. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Angie Dickinson Films Depression Era Dick Miller Films Outlaws Roger Corman Films Single Mothers Strong&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=86470\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86470"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88941,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86470\/revisions\/88941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}