Renowned cheesecake model turned renowned cheesecake photographer Bunny Yeager takes us on a tour of her portfolio as she showcases a hundred women she’s photographed over the years. Most of the time, it feels like we are watching an overlong slideshow as we see dozens of glamour shots of pin-up girls with Bunny narrating trivia tidbits and some biographical background on each model. Sometimes to alleviate the boredom, there are brief snippets from the films Bunny Yeager’s Nude Camera and Bunny Yeager’s Nude Las Vegas. We also get some behind the scenes home movies of a few of the shoots, although it’s nothing really enlightening.
The most noteworthy model here of course is Bettie Page. Too bad she gets just about the same amount of time devoted to her as the rest of the girls. I guess there are plenty of other docs about Bettie out there already, but there’s wasn’t nearly enough time spent on her for my liking. In fact, many of the model bios are rushed and/or glossed over. Now, I know when you have a hundred girls to talk about, you want to be succinct as possible. However, most of the time, the bio info just boils down to, “I only worked with this brunette once” before Bunny moves on to the next model.
I generally enjoy Bunny’s work, but even though it’s only forty-two minutes long, 100 Girls still feels like a bit of a slog. That’s mostly due to the repetitive nature of the documentary. Also, I don’t know if it was just the version of the film that was uploaded on Tubi or what, but many scenes are weirdly cropped. In fact, a few of the models’ heads are completely chopped off the top of the frame, which makes for a bizarre viewing experience. (Oh well, at least their bikini-clad bodies are still in full view.)
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