this combination black comedy or sexploitation or thriller from director roger vadim be undoubtedly the most provocative american movie to come out of the 70 . it start off with ponce and our male protagonist and watching a girl pas by . we be give a shot that clue u into the tone of the entire film . vadim film two teenage girl walk from behind and then brazenly zoom in on their behind . i be a bit shocked to see vadim open his movie with such a blatant butt shot . that be until i recall that this same director open up his 1956 film and and god create woman and with a closeup shot of brigitte bardot bare behind . it undeniably sexy and but some will see it a sexualize child a these two girl in their mini skirt look awfully young . but i credit the director for nail what it feel be like to be a male high school student surround by beautiful female peer through the use of brilliant pov . we then shift to an outside shot of a high school . be give a few scene of the student go about their daily activity . all the female student be impossibly beautiful here and dress in mini skirt and high heel and and low cut shirt . we be then introduce to tiger and play by rock hudson and in one of his most offbeat role . he play a coach or counselor at a southern californian high school . even though he be a married man and he have no qualm have sex with various female student . meanwhile and a killer be leave corps of female student along various part of the school . an investigation begin and tiger be the prime suspect . in the meantime and one of his student and ponce be have a tough time find a girlfriend . tiger be willing to give the young man some help . he enlist the help of miss smith and play by angie dickinson and to help ponce along and and we be talk about a very adult education . pretty maid be a mega flop on first release and and it permanently damage vadim career . but today it have the earmark of a classic and mostly due to three brilliant performance . first off and rock hudson in perhaps his last great picture . just like he be in every other picture before pretty maid and he the man girl want and the man boys want to be and but here it dark and more cynical version of himself than he ever let people see on the screen . john david carson be fascinate a ponce . he go from awkward school boy to confident man in a series of believable and sequence . it a difficult role to play and but he make it look easy . angie dickinson have never be well . angie be sexy throughout the movie play a naive young teacher and seemingly unaware of how sexy she be . the premise of this pretty maid be free love for all and which include teacher have sex with their student . it shock to look back and see how strange america be during this time of free love and a the concept of this movie would be completely taboo now . american be far more puritanical today and especially when it come to the issue of teen and sex . i think the reason it still hasn not find a home on dvd be because the film take a libertine view of adolescent sexuality and far more than any other american film have . america have a hard time with this and this film could turn a lot more head now than perhaps it do in the more permissive 70 . the basic plot premise be shock and but what really grab your attention be the literally hundred of leer shot of female butt and breast and crotch and leg and or a combo of the 4 and all belonging to the various female high school appear in this film . just about every female actress play the part of a student be sexualize in this movie . outside of a tinto brass movie and i can not recall any other film that lovingly showcased the female posterior by film it in closeup again and again . as outrageous a the numerous shot of rear end be and they can not hold a candle to all the up skirt peek director vadim show u . we be give scene after scene of girl in impossibly sort mini skirt bend over and cross their leg and stand on elevated surface and or just walk up the step . vadim find it mandatory to show u a flash of their panty every time . pretty maid must have set some sort of record for pantie shot than any movie in history . do girl in the early 70 really dress like this . i can not help but wonder where be there parent during the making of the film . a a man who would like to have a child someday and and hopefully a little girl and it odd see vadim camera practically ram itself up the mini skirt of a young girl go through puberty . if youre a father of a teenage girl and youre reading this review and you might feel guilty for enjoy the content of this movie . but you really shouldn not be . however and i can not emphasize this enough represent the girl who appear in this film be not the type portray in movie that deal with h. s. you know and 20 something actress cast a h. s. student . the actress play the young girl in this movie be actually that and young girl . some will find the nonstop leer shot of girl who appear to be in the 15 19 age range to cross the line of good taste . i find them very necessary consider they be mean to show how ponce ( not to mention director vadim ) view high school age girl . i suppose a film that deal this frankly with adolescent sexuality this could be make today and but only a an unreleased independent film and ala ken park . in the 70 and however and this script be able to attract a whole plethora of respected actor and actress . you will ask yourself the whole time how a movie like this could be make in the first place . see it now .