S.O.B.

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S.O.B.

R,

1981,

2h 4m,

Comedy

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82%

28 Reviews

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64%

2,500+ Ratings

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28 Reviews

64%

Popcornmeter

2,500+ Ratings

Felix Farmer (Richard Mulligan) is a Hollywood director well on his way to killing his career. He just spent $30 million making a musical that no one wants to see. But, after several botched suicide attempts, the filmmaker has a sudden epiphany: Why not turn his moribund family-friendly entertainment into a porn movie? Of course, to make his scheme work, Felix will have to convince his actress wife, Sally Miles (Julie Andrews), to bare it all for the camera.

Critics Consensus

A sustained blast of unbridled vitriol from writer-director Blake Edwards, S.O.B. is one of the blackest -- and most consistently funny -- Hollywood satires ever put to film.

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Kat Sachs

Chicago Reader

Dec 8, 2025

It’s an absolutely hysterical movie.

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Derek Malcolm

Guardian

Dec 29, 2021

It is quite clear that Edwards knows exactly what he is talking about, and relishes the opportunity so to do. S.O.B. is his best film since Breakfast At Tiffany's.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Jul 22, 2008

Black comedy is a tough commodity to sustain and, after a broad start, Edwards quickly finds a deft balance that paints a cockeyed, self-contained world that comfortably supports its exaggerated characters.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Mar 26, 2026

3.5/4

As a searing satire about the underbelly of the Hollywood lifestyle, it still ranks as one of the best.

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Mat Brunet

AniMat's Review (YouTube)

Mar 29, 2024

8/10

In this age of studios making stupid money-losing mistakes and increasing amount of box office bombs, S.O.B. is one of the few movies made in Hollywood that isn’t afraid to call out what is wrong with the Hollywood system and its lack of human decency. I

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Philip French

Observer (UK)

Dec 30, 2021

A would-be Jonsonian satire on Hollywood, or Freddie Bartholomew Fair, the film is as misconceived as it is ill-executed.

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Feb 2, 2019

The best comedy movie ever made!

Anakin P

Nov 3, 2018

One of best written comedies you will evee watch. Witty dialogue and.great semi autobiographical Blake Edwards story.

Hermione R

Oct 22, 2017

it's kinda messy, but not bad

Harry L

Apr 14, 2017

There have been many movies about Hollywood, but never so blatantly honest as S.O.B.

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Blake Edwards

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Julie Andrews

Sally Miles

William Holden

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Richard Mulligan

Felix Farmer

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Synopsis

Felix Farmer (Richard Mulligan) is a Hollywood director well on his way to killing his career. He just spent $30 million making a musical that no one wants to see. But, after several botched suicide attempts, the filmmaker has a sudden epiphany: Why not turn his moribund family-friendly entertainment into a porn movie? Of course, to make his scheme work, Felix will have to convince his actress wife, Sally Miles (Julie Andrews), to bare it all for the camera.

Director: Blake Edwards
Producer: Tony Adams, Blake Edwards
Screenwriter: Blake Edwards
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount, Lorimar Film Entertainment, Artista Management
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 26, 1981, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2009
Runtime: 2h 4m

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