The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 54m
  • 40

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Colin Higgins

Producer:

Thomas L. Miller, Edward K. Milkis, Robert L. Boyett

Release Date:

Jul 23, 1982

Runtime:

1hr 54m

Synopsis

A town's Sheriff and regular patron of a historical whorehouse fights to keep it running when a television reporter targets it as the Devil's playhouse.

Cast

  • Burt Reynolds
  • Dolly Parton
  • Dom DeLuise
  • Charles Durning
  • Jim Nabors
  • Robert Mandan
  • Lois Nettleton
  • Theresa Merritt
  • Noah Beery
  • Raleigh Bond

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Metacritic

40
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Based on 10 Critics
6.8

USER SCORE (4)

Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Reviews
50

If they ever give Dolly her freedom and stop packaging her so antiseptically, she could be terrific. But Dolly and Burt and Whorehouse never get beyond the concept stage in this movie.

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
30

This film lacks even the inadvertently buoyant awfulness that makes some bad movies fun. It's just plain dull.

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Metacritic review by Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
The New York Times
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