Pretty Baby (1978)
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VHS Movie Reviews of Pretty Baby (1978)
Movie Review: Pretty Baby
Summary: 2 Stars
Was hoping for a bit more with some pretty well know actor's. Cinamatography was excellent, sound was quite well done, but the story line definitely lacked spark.
Not recommended.
Movie Review: pretty baby...
Summary: 5 Stars
i give this movie a 5 just because i felt "empathy" throughout the whole movie. when it finished i felt drained. Movie Review: Brooke's early work...
Summary: 4 Stars
Let's start by stating, that if you have seen Brooke in either The Blue Lagoon or Endless Love, this is a different Brooke Shields. Brooke is very young in this film, and gives an almost natural, innocent performance, and considering the subject matter, that is very special. The film itself is slow at times, but Susan Sarandon is very good and Brooke alone is worth the watch. I won't give away too much of the story here, but Pretty Baby feels like a more in depth Lolita-type story. This movie also does not leave you feeling strange considering it involves child prostitution. It actually feels like a nice little character study. In closing, this is a must see for Brooke fans, and don't expect this to be some skinflick, because it is all handled tasefully. Movie Review: Disturbing Film
Summary: 5 Stars
I had been hearing about this film for years and finally saw it on late night BBC-tv about five years ago.
I found it beautiful, thought provoking but also a bit disturbing, being about a 12 year old prostitute. However, there is no denying that was a common occurrence in 1917 (on both sides on the "pond").
Louise Malle took a real gamble making it in 1977 and it evoked outrage from some quarters when it was released. Here in UK, there was talk of banning it. Luckily, reason pervailed.
If you are easily shocked, avoid watching it. If not, buy it and enjoy Malle's masterpiece, because in today's "moral" climate you'll never see anything like it made again!
Movie Review: superb
Summary: 4 Stars
The year is 1917, during the last months of legal prostitution in New Orleans. Hattie (Susan Sarandon) is a prostitute at the home of Madame Nell. Hattie has just given birth to a boy, and already has a 12-year-old daughter Violet (Brooke Shields). Photographer Ernest Bellocq (Keith Carradine) visits them one day, takes pictures of Hattie and fascinates Violet. Nell arranges for Violet's virginity. Hattie goes off to Missouri to marry and leaves Violet at Nell's. Alone, Violet is uninterested by everything except Bellocq; before long, she seeks refuge at his home and they marry.
I can't picture any other director than Louis Malle for this movie. Brilliantly directed and acted by a superb cast, this is a lovely film. I can only imagine how much more beautiful the motion picture might have been if the original choice for Director of Photography, Tonino Delli Colli, had accepted to go to America to work with Malle on this picture. Sven Nyquist did a great job though.
Brooke Shields was simply (and is still to this day) gorgeous. Her emotions are developed all through the film and appear to be genuine. Carradine is a bit weak and unemotional at times. Sarandon is perfect for the role of Hattie.
A simple masterpiece that shows the world of a mother and her daughter as prostitutes, this film does not show useless nudity and Malle rather gives a fine representation of it.
This is a work of art, recommended for mature viewers.