I saw it on TV, then I found out it was one of the first Hollywood films to deal with rape in a direct manner. Therefore, this should be put in some top lists.
The film that made a star out of Jodie Foster, and this despite top credit going to... Kelly McGillis?! Who the heck? I'm kidding, we all remember her from Witness as well. McGillis plays a D.A. who takes up the case of a girl (Foster) who is gang raped, though because of her less than stellar reputation, is considered a sure loser. This too is based on an actual event, a landmark case from 1983, and it's got some pretty harrowing scenes of rape. McGillis is a bit "tv movie" for my tastes, but Foster is completely believable, at once damaged and sympathetic, and rightly won the Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Actress for it in 1988 (or '89, since they're given the next year).
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I saw it on TV, then I found out it was one of the first Hollywood films to deal with rape in a direct manner. Therefore, this should be put in some top lists.Siskoid
The film that made a star out of Jodie Foster, and this despite top credit going to... Kelly McGillis?! Who the heck? I'm kidding, we all remember her from Witness as well. McGillis plays a D.A. who takes up the case of a girl (Foster) who is gang raped, though because of her less than stellar reputation, is considered a sure loser. This too is based on an actual event, a landmark case from 1983, and it's got some pretty harrowing scenes of rape. McGillis is a bit "tv movie" for my tastes, but Foster is completely believable, at once damaged and sympathetic, and rightly won the Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Actress for it in 1988 (or '89, since they're given the next year).Aarthi Sundararajan
One of the best court room filmsaussieflickfan
A powerful drama, well worth watching.moldypoldy
Jodie Foster's most famous movie has zero lists? It's very 80s but it has a lot of good parts.alinesilveira
Highly recommended to Catharine MacKinnon's readers.