![]() ![]() ![]() The movie's got a sort of mid-1960s innocence to it, and when Xaviera pedals between clients on her ten-speed bike she almost seems to be hooking just for the fresh air. I'm not sure how much it will help the box office but, by and large, she's right. Miss Redgrave is the distinguished British actress, daughter of Sir Michael, sister of Vanessa, who vowed when "The Happy Hooker" started filming that it would he a tasteful comedy and wouldn't embarrass the family. That's largely due to the charm of Lynn Redgrave, in the title role. What was the last bordello epic you saw in which all the most interesting scenes were set in the parlor? The movie at times makes Miss Hollander's enterprise seem so wholesome, so much of a spirit with such other money-makers as commodity futures and the franchising game, that it's a wonder the postal service hasn't commemorated the industry by now. No, I like the R rating for "The Happy Hooker." It gives the movie a certain restraining charm. That's not to say I would have preferred an X-rated porno flick like "The Life and Times of Xaviera Hollander," which opened here during the summer to little or no acclaim. ![]()
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