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The Accused | Year: 1988 Classification: Drama Directed: - Jonathan Kaplan Actors/Actresses: - Jodie Foster - Kelly McGillis - Leo Rossi - Bernie Coulson - Steve Antin Great Performance, well meaning, but... Jodie Foster won an Oscar for this based on a true story film about a promiscuous young woman who is gang raped in a tough bar. Because of her reputation, getting a rape conviction against the brutal rapists seems next to impossible. Kelly McGillis plays the assistant district attorney who agrees to go against the odds and takes the case. The rapists have hired one of the best criminal attorneys in the country and it looks to be an impossible to win case. It's a film that stops just short of pandering to what the audience wants to see and then becomes a riveting court-room type film that almost could play on television. It pretends it has an important message to give, but it's an obvious one and so one must keep in mind, that it does show the audience a very rough rape scene complete with nudity, before making sure everyone in the house is told how sick , violent and unforgiveable such an act is. Foster and McGillis' performances are top notch.. To some this topical film has a powerful message that it communicated effectively. Chris Jarmick, Author of The Glass Cocoon with Serena F. Holder... Not a another statistic By exploring the relationship between a rape survivor (Jodie Foster) and her attorney (Kelly McGillis), this 1988 film holds the medical and especially legal professions accountable for their detachment in sexual abuse cases. McGillis, playing fierce courtroom competitor Capt. Kathryn Murphy, starts out viewing the case of Sarah Tobias's sexual assault by three men in the back of a crowded bar as just another showcase for her negotiation skills. She makes a deal to put Sarah's attackers in jail under a lesser charge rather than taking the case to court, a decision with which Sarah vehemently disagrees but regarding which she is given no choice. When Sarah lands in the hospital-again-after retaliating against one of the men who cheered on her attackers while she was gang-raped, Capt. Murphy begins to see what her deal-making has cost the strong-willed Sarah, and her detachment from the case instantly dissolves. She can't do anything to reverse the results of her earlier negotiation, but she decides that she can prosecute the men from the bar who incited, witnessed and encouraged the rape. It's a case that seems like it can't be won-how can you bring criminal charges against spectators of a crime? And-a deeper question of the film-how can you win any sexual abuse case in which the provocatively dressed, hard-drinking victim "had it coming"? Compelling yet Harrowing Jodie Foster won an Oscar for her portrayal of Sarah, a young woman from the wrong side of the tracks, who is gang raped in a bar after a drunken night out. Foster delivers a mesmerising performance as the traumatised victim fighting for justice against a system that has labelled her as 'worthless' due to her previous lifestyle. Kelly McGillis plays the district attorney who initially lets Sarah down and agrees to a plea bargain that Sarah doesn't want. When the realisation hits of what she has done, she fights to ensure the perpetrators of this brutal rape are brought to justice. Buy The Accused at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on The Accused Search with the Priority Search Engine on The Accused This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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