Vadim had chosen to be risqué, not risky, preposterous not profound, and he has succeeded.

It easily ranks with the best of the "Batman" TV episodes for high-style mindless nonsense.

Fonda does have acting talent and throws her comic lines with an excellent sense of timing.

‘…Barbarella is too concerned with finding excuses to undress Fonda over and over again, and in situations with often have a cruel or sadistic edge. Written by a dozen men, the result is a haphazard, narratively limp story with almost zero stakes…