- Film Review
- Reviewed By Joanna Berry
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4 out of 5
Jodie Foster won her first best actress Oscar for her moving performance here as Sarah Tobias, the brash working-class waitress who is gang raped in a bar and then endures public scrutiny so her attackers and those who watched can be brought to justice. Jonathan Kaplan's controversial movie raised a storm of protest on its release from those who believed its content veered too close to gratuitous voyeurism - yes, the rape scene is explicit and designed to shock. But both Foster and Kelly McGillis, as the crusading lawyer, are superb and the film raises some pointed questions about an emotive subject.
Plot Summary
Drama starring Jodie Foster and Kelly McGillis. When Sarah Tobias is brutally raped by three men in her local bar, assistant district attorney Kathryn Murphy is assigned as prosecutor. As the investigation proceeds, she discovers that Sarah may have acted provocatively. Believing, however, that nothing can justify rape, Kathryn begins a difficult fight for justice.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Sarah Tobias
- Jodie Foster
- Kathryn Murphy
- Kelly McGillis
- Kenneth Joyce
- Bernie Coulson
- Cliff "Scorpion" Albrecht
- Leo Rossi
- Sally Fraser
- Ann Hearn
- Da Paul Rudolph
- Carmen Argenziano
- Bob Joiner
- Steve Antin
- Larry
- Tom O'Brien
- Paulsen
- Peter Van Norden
- Lieutenant Duncan
- Terry David Mulligan
- Danny
- Woody Brown
Crew
- Director
- Jonathan Kaplan
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