Bastard out of Carolina
by Anjelica Huston
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Actor: Glenne Headly, Jena Malone, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Lyle Lovett, Ron EldardDirector: Anjelica Huston
Cinematographer: Anthony B. Richmond
Editor: Éva Gárdos
Producer: Amanda DiGiulio
Producer: Gary Hoffman
Writer: Anne Meredith
Writer: Dorothy Allison
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-04-25
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Fox Lorber/Wellspring
Movie Reviews of Bastard out of Carolina
Movie Review: Just Awful
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is just so awful and yet so good > It lets you know about the cruelity that many children suffer, and though it's depressing I still don't want to turn a blind Eye to it > Are they others ways to tell people that this kind of stuff goes on, well I say yes, but still the movie is a good way > This movie may not be for everyone seeing as how it is kinda intense with the details it shows ect., and manby not a good film for your little Child to see > I do think this film though is good for those who watch it so they can be reminded that this stuff goes on and want to do something about it > I saw that the person who gave this one star said that watching this film will not help children who are abused and that person was right, however this film can remind many others that this stuff goes on and make them want to do something about it > There are many ways people can help out , like donation money to victims like the little girl in the film , sending letters to congress ect. asking that the law tries to keep an even closer eye on this type of stuff ect. > As much pain as the girl feels from the belt and from the sexual abuse of her Step Father I feel that the most painful thing was ... Well let me explain, if this girl was just taken by some Stranger off the street and raped and beaten ect. well that would be bad , But the fact that this girl is beaten and rape by someone in like the family that is the worst part about it > The Man was like a friend of the family and then became the husband of the girls mother and the fact that his anger got the best of him and he abused this girl so much is worse in my eyes then if she had been beat and raped by some creep off the streets she did not know > Its such a sad story because the girl had lost her other Step Father and never had known her real Father > I feel bad for the mother as well who does not have the real Father of her child and when she finds a good husband he dies, then she finds another who is supposed to be good but turns out so bad > I kinda felt like the abusive Step Father really did love the little girl and wanted to do the right thing, but his anger got the best of him , but manby I am wrong > The Step Father seemed to have been abused by his Father and seemed unwanted so I could not help feeling sorry for him, but at the same time I feel so angry at him for what he did > I wish he could have kept his anger under control, since he knew what it was like to be abused I wish he would not have done that to the little girl > Its such an awful and sad story, but yet at the same time I think it good that they made this book into a movie, both the book and the movie I feel can give people a wake up call that this happens and it can cause others to want to try to find a way to stop some of these sad stories of abuse that go on > I am not saying that people who have a temper are bad now > I mean lots of good people have tempers, but they don't let there bad temper cause them to become abusive > Also manby the first time he beat her he had to think hard about it but after that it got more easy,and then became like a drug, that could be a message also that once you give in to becoming abusive just one time it can become like a drug to where you want to be abusive more and more and that is just scary > I think people who start to become violent with there tempers might need to get help right away because sometimes it can become like a drug to where you want to keep being Violent over and over again and even abusive and then being abusive becomes like a drug > This man Glen his bad side started to get the best of him and then manby over took him so much that he could not turn away from being abusive > I am not going to say that this Man was a Mental Case and use that as an excuse for him for get away with this awful crime , all I am saying is somethings anger ect. can get the best of people > I feel bad for all the children who have suffered this kind of abuse and some have suffered even more so then this girl suffered in the film > I want to do what I can to help >
Summary of Bastard out of Carolina
This fine but shocking drama (which Ted Turner paid for and then refused to show on his cable outfits), based on the novel by Dorothy Allison, concerns extensive abuse endured by a girl (Jena Malone) at the hands of her stepfather (Ron Eldard), while her mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) looks the other way. Anjelica Huston made her directorial debut with this film and demonstrates that talent also runs in the family when behind the camera. Difficult to watch but mitigated by Huston's intelligent approach and sense of balance--as well as outstanding performances--this is a significant film best left to the most mature audiences. --Tom KeoghSimilar DVD Movies
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