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

| Original Score: 8/10 | Mar 29, 2024

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

| Dec 30, 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.

| Dec 29, 2021

...SOB lives up to its title, and like the central character it describes, it's a hot, sticky mess that's hard to scrape off your shoe....

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 18, 2021

Aside from a joke and an entertaining scene here and there, the movie lacks humor and repeats itself. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 20, 2019

Cynical satire on Hollywood has no punch, just a lot of inane jabs.

| Original Score: C | May 28, 2018

S.O.B. is a poison pen letter to the industry, a film of undisguised hatred. Edwards' sense of the funny has sunk to sour insults.

| Feb 2, 2016

Blake Edwards cleans house

| Sep 25, 2009

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 21, 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.

| Jul 22, 2008

What S.O.B. does do well is poke fun at some of the excesses of late-'70s Hollywood.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 9, 2006

It seems more like an expectorant for Edwards' bile than an entertainment aimed at an audience.

| Jun 24, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 20, 2006

Caustic, satirical, and one of Blake Edwards' best.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 11, 2005

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Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 14, 2005

It's a nasty, biased, self-serving movie that also happens to be hilarious most of the time.

| Aug 30, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 9, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 5, 2003