Wow! Such a good movie.

Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Just saw this film on Amazon. Well worth the watch for anyone old enough to remember the days of "The Big Three" network television, where the guest stars were almost as regular as the series stars.That said? I got the sense Ms Oliver never quite 'fit in' to whatever task, professional or otherwise, she was pursuing. The possible exception being her early theater days.She obviously was a very bright woman with plenty of talent, never mind the devastating good looks. And while most of the interviewee's recall a very vivacious and positive spirit, with a good nature? I just got the sense she always wanted to be somewhere else, deep down inside.I was very saddened by the manner of her passing, in which it seemed she was really tired of fighting, and or living.And I'm not being critical of her here. This was just how I interpreted this film.The doc itself really hadn't hooked me at first. It almost seemed like a bland old "A&E" bio from the 80's, without the high production values.But in the last half hour, a sudden abundance in attention to her deeper personal life grabbed me. Her relationship to her mother, lack of a long term relationship, childless, and eventually the manner of her death was just? Sad. There is no other way to describe it, for me.I'm glad the doc was made, as Susan's is a story worth telling.Things may have been much different for her, in terms of her aspirations, had she been born 10-15 years later.Again, for those from this era, I'd recommend this.

It was fascinating to learn about the amazing little known life of the actress known mostly as the Star Trek "Green Girl." You do not need to be a Star Trek fan to relate to this documentary. There is actually surprising little about her being that character because the rest of her life was much deeper, and more intricate and interesting. Mr. Pappy did an excellent and difficult job of putting together the visual and interview pieces to reveal and explore the unknown and multiple sides of this beautiful actress accomplished in so much more than just her wonderful acting. Things that should have been known by more people while she was alive. I was surprisingly moved and glad to get to know her in this nostalgic experience, yet sadly after she's gone. I recommend seeing it.

I was fortunate enough to see this film at one of its limited theatrical showings.I have seen Susan Oliver in many films and television shows over the years, but I knew vary little about her. "The Green Girl" brought the person behind the roles to life for me.She was as accomplished off screen as she was on, and it's tragic that she has not been acknowledged for all that she did. The unwillingness of many of the well-known actors with whom she worked to provide interviews for this film only serves to underscore that fact.Despite that absence, George A. Pappy, Jr. and Amy Glickman Brown have managed to produce a very compelling story of Ms. Oliver's life and career. I know that I will be watching it again on video more than once.

This is a feature-length documentary about actress Susan Oliver. The title comes from a rather famous – I daresay "Iconic" – role of hers from the first Star Trek pilot made in 1963. She played "Veena," who turned into the Green Orion Slave girl, and fodder for so many fan boys' fantasies. However, Susan Oliver was much more than one role in a sci-fi TV show. If you watched episodic television in the fifties, sixties, seventies and even the eighties, you will have seen her, as she guest-starred in literally hundreds of shows, from Wagon Train to Route 66 to The Twilight Zone to Peyton Place. And she was such a good actress, she would appear in multiple roles on any one show; for instance, she appeared four times on Wagon Train, each a different role.She was also an aviatrix, what they used to call a female pilot. She piloted her own twin- engine plane solo across the Atlantic. She came in first in the Powder Puff Derby, a race featuring only female pilots. In Hollywood she was in the first wave of women directors, sponsored by the AFI. Yet even after directing an episode of M.A.S.H. and Trapper John, she wasn't able to break that glass ceiling to get more directing jobs.The documentary is a fascinating account of a beautiful woman who could act and was smart, who had many other skills, but who couldn't break down societal barriers to achieve her goals.