VividSimon Simply Perfect

VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

blanche-2 Ann-Margret, Pamela Tiffin, and Carol Lynley star in "The Pleasure Seekers," about three young women and their love affairs in Madrid. The film also stars Brian Keith, Gardner McKay, and Tony Franciosa.The star, of course, is Ann-Margret as Fran, and she's positively gorgeous with her beautiful figure, red hair, and singing and dancing ability. Fran is trying to make it as a performer. Vivacious Carol Lynley is Maggie, who works for a news service and is in love with her boss (Brian Keith), though she's been around the block. Pamela Tiffin is Susie, with beauty queen looks and makeup to match; she plays the naive young woman looking for love who joins Ann-Margret and Lynley in Spain.The somewhat jaded Fran finds love with Dr. Andres Briones (Andre Lawrence), but there are complications. Susie falls for a real playboy (Franciosa) so she has her work cut out for her. And Maggie has to contend with her feelings for her married boss, and those of his wife (Gene Tierney).Directed by the same director, Jean Negulesco, who directed Three Coins in the Fountain, The Pleasure Seekers follows a similar plot - three girls in a foreign country, falling in love and becoming depressed. I saw a review on this site that complimented the music - frankly I found Ann-Margret's numbers tuneless, worse than the music of Valley of the Dolls.Ann-Margret is the show-stopper, but Lynley had the acting chops, and the beautiful Tiffin was -- well, Tiffin. Three women, each talented in her own way, made for an enjoyable film.There were three handsome men in the '60s that I was aware of, but I'm not sure I could ever tell them apart as I was too young and didn't follow their TV shows: Grant Williams, Van Williams, and Gardner McKay. McKay, who was an artist and writer, plays a reporter, Pete, in this, who is a confidant of Maggie's. (By the way, the totally hot one was Van Williams.)I have two quibbles besides the music: one is the casting of Brian Keith. To see Carol Lynley and Gene Tierney fighting over Keith was curious, to say the least. A better choice would have been someone like Barry Sullivan. My other quibble is personal. Gene Tierney did look good, and she looked terrific in Advise and Consent, but she was such a goddess in the '40s - knowing of the turmoil in her life, it was sad to see her. Plus the studios used to encourage the actresses to smoke to lower their voices, and Tierney died of emphysema.Filmed in color, with the beautiful Spanish scenery and beautiful actors, The Pleasure Seekers is a real treat, especially for those of us who remember the '60s.

Irie212 Every single scene is ridiculous, but there are three fatal flaws: First, released the same year as "The Feminine Mystique," which, to quote the NY Times, "ignited the feminist movement," this movie shows absolutely no awareness of any such awakening. Indeed, the three variously voluptuous babes are single-minded seekers of "handsome and rich" husbands or, at least, of premarital pleasures. (Meanwhile, the only man in the picture that I wanted more of was Vito Scotti, their peeping neighbor.) Second, filmed in Madrid in the early 60s, it shows absolutely no awareness Generalissimo Franco's dictatorship, during which "pleasure seeking" was rather lower on the agenda than the censorship and torture of dissidents. However, the camera does linger lovingly on Toledo and Madrid, and on an El Greco masterpiece in the Prado—almost as lovingly as it does on Ann-Margret's masterpiece of a torso.Third, it's pure soap opera, albeit with a budget. In fact, the screenplay (a revised and relocated update on "Three Coins in the Fountain") was written by Edith R. Sommer, who went on to write for "The Guiding Light" and "As the World Turns" from 1969 to 1978.Seek your pleasure elsewhere.

edwagreen Ann-Margret talks like she is coming out of Sweet Apple, Ohio in the very successful "Bye, Bye Birdie," the year before this film came out.To me, the film is nothing more than a cheap rip-off of "3 Coins in the Fountain," where 3 women are seeking the guys in Europe. This time the location is in Spain and Anthony Franciosa's Spanish accent leaves a lot to be desired. Brian Keith is fairly effective as the newsman having a fling with a much younger woman. Gene Tierney, who briefly appears in this film, has one stealer where she really tells the other lady off.The film has a similar ending to 3 Coins but it's really contrived especially with what Gene Tierney had carried on just before.

tamas22 Granted ---this movie is sooo 60's! But, I thought it was a fun film. Granted, there was a mad attempt to recapture the 50's here (DID NOT WORK)---but it was easy on the eyes and entertaining----PLUS Ann-Margret was indeed Ravishing! ---especially in that PINK ruffled dress singing the title tune! Worked For Me!!!