The defence The Adrenaline Seeker
“It owes the canon nothing.”
The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.
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Amazon Women on the Moon
Comedy · Science Fiction · 1987
Centered on a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some of the silliest spectacles ever created in the name of entertainment.
Movie details
Amazon Women on the Moon
“See amazing thrills, spine-tingling chills, and something else that rhymes with "thrills".”
1987 Comedy · Science Fiction 1h 24m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.2 / 10
12.8K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
65 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
42 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
5.9 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
Centered on a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some of the silliest spectacles ever created in the name of entertainment.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Amazon Women on the Moon?
For the defence
The Adrenaline Seeker
“If it slows down, you check your phone.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Joe Dante · Carl Gottlieb · Peter Horton
Written by
Michael Barrie · Jim Mulholland
Arsenio Hall
Apartment Victim (segment "Mondo Condo")
D
Donald F. Muhich
Easterbrook (segment "Pethouse Video")
Monique Gabrielle
Taryn Steele (segment "Pethouse Video")
Lou Jacobi
Murray (segment "Murray in Videoland")
Erica Yohn
Selma (segment "Murray in Videoland")
D
Debbi A. Davison
Weather Person (segment "Murray in Videoland")
R
Rob Krausz
Floor Manager (segment "Murray in Videoland")
Court is in session
Put Amazon Women on the Moon on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Prestige Tourist
“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”
It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.