Unless you
are a fan of morally flawed people doing despicable things, don’t watch
this movie. Of course, if you enjoy gang
rape, this is right down your alley.
Jody Foster plays a hard-drinking, pot-smoking, foul-mouth little slut –
but makes you root for her just the same.
Kelly McGillis plays an honest lawyer who brings Foster’s rapists to some feeble
sort of justice – she is ne of the very small number of people involved
here with whom you would want to eat dinner. Accused was released in 1988; the critics liked it; the audience somewhat less so. Foster
won an Oscar as well as some other awards.
She did a great job, for sure – but, geez!
Jody Foster
is not your ordinary breed of duck. She
seems to thrive on the sort of movie that gives you bad dreams. I was gratified to see her in Maverick, where she actually was allowed
to smile. I may watch another of her
gut-wrenchers tonight. Or I may not.
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