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This film tends to touch base on issues in several other of his films. In "Vixen," the issue was marital bliss and touched on the concept of partner swapping. A similar notion is touched on in "Finders Keepers" in marital fidelity, and promoting the concept that "no one goes unpunished." Whether Meyer could be perceived as a fidelity or conservative living advocate, who knows. After all, the man was known for being critical of anti-Vietnam protesters (Meyer had proudly served as a wars footage cameraman in WWII). But it contains the nudity and light humor of his other flicks. It's not one of his more known films, but is worth checking out even if only once. The movie actually has a good plot to it, with senses of drama and a sense of urgency that keeps the pace going from start to finish.

Other than the novel manners in which some northern tourists are murdered, and the Twilight Zone-ish aspects of the plot, there aren't too many redeeming factors behind the film. Granted, the film is one of the early over-the-top gore flicks of the era, it hardly makes the long wait through the opening sequence worth while. And, due to the "B-Movie" like aspects of the film, this certainly isn't for everyone, and makes for a better rental than a purchase, unless B-Movie splatter flicks of the '50s and '60s is your style.

Although there were plenty of nudie cutie and sexploitation flicks of the era that dwelled around the novelty of the advent of the nudist beach, "Goldilocks and the Three Bares" is somewhat disappointing in that it actually attempts to create some sort of legitimacy within the genre. Granted, the dialogue isn't entirely cheesy, and the plot itself is somewhat entertaining, it throws the viewer for a loop by tossing in a nudist colony at the end for whatever effect Lewis hoped to achieve. It's not clearly understood what he hoped to achieve with it, since it has no real purpose. If we understood the fact that this movie was all about the nudist colony and the nudist lifestyle, maybe this would work. But the whole previous 2/ 3 of the film is about Eddie getting the girl, and her uncertainty about opening up to him about her secret lifestyle. "Goldilocks," when basically stated, is just not that interesting of a movie. Granted, there are plenty of retro nudie benefits to it, it's hardly worth the high cost of purchasing the new DVD, and hardly worth the time trying to track it down otherwise.