Born Innocent
by Donald Wrye
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Actor: Allyn Ann McLerie, Joanna Miles, Kim Hunter, Linda Blair, Richard JaeckelDirector: Donald Wrye
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 99 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-05-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Vci Video
Movie Reviews of Born Innocent
Movie Review: Surprisingly Good
Summary: 5 Stars
For a television movie from the 1970's, this movie really surprised me with how well done it actually is. Linda's character (Chris Parker) is believable in the sense that you actually feel for her. While I've never been, nor do I ever want to be, in a detention center like that, you start to feel for her in that you would not want to find yourself in the same position.
I haven't yet had the time to watch it all the way through, but what I HAVE seen is very well done! I have to address one issue in particular though, and that is the rape scene people normally talk about when discussing this movie:
The scene in itself is not a particularly graphic scene in terms of what we would think of if we saw a scene like that in a movie today. However, Linda's ability to act, along with the implications that the audience receives of her being raped, makes the scene that much more powerful. Something that I thought was especially moving about that scene was the fact that they pinned her down and muffled her screams so no one could hear her. They pretty much treated her like some sort of animal, and that made you feel for her that much more.
All in all, when discussing this movie, that scene almost always comes up (at least in what I've read), and by today's standards, as I said, it's not that graphic, but if anyone who does not understand properly watches this, someone will want to explain to them what's happening.
It is a pretty powerful movie, and for having the courage to take on a controversial role like this (and others) after her success with "The Exorcist", I have to give Linda props. To those who have said this movie isn't that good, I don't know exactly what you were expecting (perhaps more from the rape scene or another scene), but this movie is good, and more people deserve to know about it.
Thank God that someone had the courage enough to tackle issues like this back then, cause the Lord knows no one has the guts enough to do it these days.
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