Not a Pretty Picture
7.7
1976
1 hr 22 min
Drama
, Crime
, Documentary
Mixing narrative and documentary, the film retells a 16 year old girl's experience of a date rape.
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- Cast:
- Martha Coolidge , Reed Birney , Amy Wright
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Better Late Then Never
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It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
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Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies
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The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
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