In this big-budget adaptation of
Terry Southern's satiric sex farce (the sort of project that could get an immediate green light in the late 1960's and at practically no other time before or since),
Ewa Aulin is Candy, a sweet young woman who doesn't seem entirely aware of the powerful sexual desire she brings out in men. While her father (
John Astin) and mother (
Elsa Martinelli) try to keep Candy in line, the task proves to be all but impossible, as she's seduced by a remarkable variety of men in her journeys, including a booze-addled poet (
Richard Burton), a mystical guru who lives on a truck (
Marlon Brando), a gardener from Mexico (
Ringo Starr), a fanatical military man who refuses to leave his plane (
Walter Matthau), a pair of uncomfortably high-strung doctors (
John Huston and
James Coburn) and even her own uncle (Astin, again). The Byrds and Steppenwolf contributed songs to the soundtrack; the screenplay was written by
Buck Henry. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide