The Accused (DVD)

The film follows Jodie Foster as Sara, and the events of one night which changed her life forever. The film is based on actual events which happen in 1983 in America, and at the time of release it caused a lot of controversy, because it adressed a sensitive topic in such an aggressive manner. Sara is a confident, attractive woman who is comfortable in the company of men, and sees nothing wrong with some harmless flirting. Is this you? Is this one of your friends? We all have done it once, so does it mean we are asking for something terrible to happen? One night while drinking with a friend after an argument with her boyfriend, Sara finds herself the ...  Read the complete review

It is ages since I saw since this film but the memory of it will last forever. Im glad that a film such as this has taken the objective view on Rape. I hope it has somehow managed to help people differentiate between when a women is just "flirting" or having fun, as opposed to full on "begging for it". The film pulls no punches and you are in no doubt that the woman is not exactly "lili white" . She almost demands the attention of the men in the bar, and as a single attractive girl alone in a bar full of drunken men, she begins to dance very very seductivly. This act alone is as stupid as they come but being stupid ...  Read the complete review

This is one of the most powerful movies I have ever seen. It is a great drama and truly gets its message over no questions asked. When a young girl is brutally raped in a bar, a lawyer helps her come to terms with it and to get not only the rapists but also the men who stood cowardly egging on the rapists as they attacked the girl. At one point of the trial we are given a vivid flashback of the nights events, in a scene that is both harrowing and revealing. The performance of young (at the time) Jodie Foster is remarkable, to do such a scene, and such a film took great guts from her. The moral of the tale goes deeper than the crime of rape, it looks into ...  Read the complete review

Getting an awful lot of credit for being the film that finally changed cinematic rape from an exploitation standby to a serious issue, 'The Accused' carries a lot of weight on its slim shoulders. Admittedly, only a knuckle-dragging neanderthal could come away from the film convinced that girls who wear short skirts are asking for it, and the two central performances are outstanding (Jodie Foster getting a well-deserved Oscar, and Kelly McGillis putting in a career best turn as the initially ambivalent prosecutor). Nevertheless, it's a fairly standard courtroom drama, and the rape flashback has a vaguely exploitative teasing quality - you know ...  Read the complete review