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Summary: So-so film with strong acting (more like 3.5 stars)
Review: "The Accused" is more or less a standard drama with a second act which plays like a run-of-the-mill episode from Law & Order. However, the film works mostly due to Jodie Foster's powerhouse
performance as the rape victim. Her performance was such that she'd garner an oscar for it and would be hailed unassailably as one of the best actresses of her generation. It's too bad the film never quite gels. The courtroom scenes (especially the final summation) play rather too long. Furthermore, the explicitness of the rape scene (shown late in the film as a flashback) and the intensity of the foul language also mars it badly. Finally, Kelly Mcgillis' performance somewhat pales in comparison with that of Foster's. Despite these aspects, the film is still a must for anyone who likes to collect movies.
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Summary: A Matter of Justice
Review: Adapted from a real-life case, veteran actress Jodi Foster won the first of her two Oscars as bar fly Sara, the victim of a brutal gang rape that is witnessed and cheered by onlookers at a dive bar. Sara's assailants are afforded less serious charges and, thus, lesser sentences, and it is their treatment by the judicial system that ignites Sara's own cry for justice. Enter prosecuting attorney Kelly McGillis, charged by Sara of sacrificing her victimization, who goes after the onlookers who encouraged the attack. The legal issue, then, is whether an onlooker can be prosecuted for encouraging an offense. It's an enticing legal question that is intelligently asked by this film's magnificent script, bolstered by fine acting. And the rape scene is savage! Sadly, the real-life character whose case was the basis for the film died not long after the film's release, driving a car while drunk. "The Accused" is more than entertainment: it's a riveting look at one determined woman's quest for redemption.
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Summary: Love it!!!
Review: Anything with Jodie Foster is always such a powerful movie. She is great in it!!
Rating:
Summary: Brilliant Foster
Review: Based on a true story, "The Accused" is a wrenching, harowing portrait of a woman from the "wrong side of the tracks" who is raped by a group of men in a bar's back room. Jodie Foster's first Oscar winning performance is a wonder to experience - she is mesmerizing in the role, both as a victim and protagonist. She plays her character Sarah to perfection, with the right combination of bad-girl guts and unequivocal sorrow. Her eyes tell volumes about the woman, so that the audience feels for her despite being willing participants in the actual rape sequence. Did Sarah ASK for this abuse, the actress seems to ask us? Certainly not is the answer we come away with, yet Foster makes Sarah a real, human character, not the martyr-like victim presented in similar docu-dramas of the same type. In doing so, she accomplishes a rare thing - straddling the thin line between Sarah's tough exterior and inner nurturing. A lovely, calibrated performance from one of the world's best actresses.
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Summary: Vivid.
Review: Before I begin I would like to emphasize that rape is not only wrong but should be punished harshly. : )When I see those guys cheering Jodie Fauster getting raped (believe me guys it is not arousing at all), I wanted Nelly Mcgillis to throw the book at them and at all men in general. Sex is suppose to be beautiful and enjoyable, but rape is unpleasurable for Jodie Fauster, Nelly Mcgillis, the three rapists, the viewer, and anyone reading this review. I liked seeing the friendship that developed between Nelly, Jodie and the boy witness. The story is awesome, the acting is spectacular the plotholes plunging, and the rape interesting. When I was younger (two years ago), I was violated repeatedly. It hurt my pride and backside. But I am stronger now at seventeen and can deal with the pain. This movie is a powerful reminder of how all rapists should be handled. END : )
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Summary: Very powerful film
Review: Being a big fan of Jodie Foster, I decided to buy this movie. It is about a young woman named Sarah who gets gang raped in a bar, surrounded by cheering and clapping men. She then decides to take action not only against the men who physically raped her, but the ones who were watching and didn't help her as well. This turns out to be a problem because she has a very strong character and a not so innocent past. This movie stirs up a lot of emotion, mostly anger on my part. How could somebody intentionally hurt someone like that? Why does it matter what someone is like if they have been hurt? Ms. Foster gave and excelent performance, as usual. She brings an edge to the character, making her seem strong. A very powerful and well acted scene is when Sarah goes off on her lawyer because she reads in the newspaper that her attackers were charged with reckless endangerment, not rape. The reasons for 4 stars instead of 5: not enough time was spent on Jodie's character and her pain, and too much time was spent on the trial. The music was totally 80's, which kind of made me laugh. Also, some things in the film remind me of a made for tv movie. Some of the lines were cheesy, and the ending actually has statistics on gang rapes. But hey, what ever you need to do to get the point across.
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Summary: Not a another statistic
Review: By exploring the relationship between a rape survivor (Jodie Foster) and her attorney (Kelly McGillis), this 1988 film holds the medical and especially legal professions accountable for their detachment in sexual abuse cases. McGillis, playing fierce courtroom competitor Capt. Kathryn Murphy, starts out viewing the case of Sarah Tobias's sexual assault by three men in the back of a crowded bar as just another showcase for her negotiation skills. She makes a deal to put Sarah's attackers in jail under a lesser charge rather than taking the case to court, a decision with which Sarah vehemently disagrees but regarding which she is given no choice. When Sarah lands in the hospital-again-after retaliating against one of the men who cheered on her attackers while she was gang-raped, Capt. Murphy begins to see what her deal-making has cost the strong-willed Sarah, and her detachment from the case instantly dissolves. She can't do anything to reverse the results of her earlier negotiation, but she decides that she can prosecute the men from the bar who incited, witnessed and encouraged the rape. It's a case that seems like it can't be won-how can you bring criminal charges against spectators of a crime? And-a deeper question of the film-how can you win any sexual abuse case in which the provocatively dressed, hard-drinking victim "had it coming"?
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Summary: everyone should see this!
Review: CHILDREN SHOULDN'T WATCH THIS BUT I DO THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WOMAN AND MEN SHOULD ALL SEE...ITS GOT A GOOD POINT TO IT ...I LOVED IT.VERY POWERFUL AND DEEP.GOD BLESS ALL
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Summary: Haiku Review
Review: Devils can live past
The turning of the fruit bat.
Grating is for cheese.
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Summary: An excellent flick, deplicting the horrors of burtal rape.
Review: I bought theis video to add to my Jodie Foster collection. Herpart was well played, and well consieved trughout the picture. As seen in this move, the brutal gang rape of a woman in a bar, called the mill, can send chils down the spine of any person. 5 star rating, and an excellent flick...
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