The Accused (1988)
Country: US
Technical: col 110m
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster
Synopsis:
A girl has a drink too many, leads on some boys at a bar, and is gang-raped by them. She resolves to go to court, and a female attorney helps her fight the notion that somehow 'she had it coming'.
Review:
Amped-up issue film, forcefully acted but over-directed, and prey to the regrettable tendency of modern thrillers to sport irrelevant synthetic-percussive musical effects whenever the action hits a pregnant pause. Dramatically, it is just another courtroomer with a counsel-witness relationship.
Country: US
Technical: col 110m
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster
Synopsis:
A girl has a drink too many, leads on some boys at a bar, and is gang-raped by them. She resolves to go to court, and a female attorney helps her fight the notion that somehow 'she had it coming'.
Review:
Amped-up issue film, forcefully acted but over-directed, and prey to the regrettable tendency of modern thrillers to sport irrelevant synthetic-percussive musical effects whenever the action hits a pregnant pause. Dramatically, it is just another courtroomer with a counsel-witness relationship.
Country: US
Technical: col 110m
Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Cast: Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster
Synopsis:
A girl has a drink too many, leads on some boys at a bar, and is gang-raped by them. She resolves to go to court, and a female attorney helps her fight the notion that somehow 'she had it coming'.
Review:
Amped-up issue film, forcefully acted but over-directed, and prey to the regrettable tendency of modern thrillers to sport irrelevant synthetic-percussive musical effects whenever the action hits a pregnant pause. Dramatically, it is just another courtroomer with a counsel-witness relationship.