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- 1978
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
- 1978
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
Summary A teenage girl lives as a prostitute in New Orleans in 1917.
Directed By: Louis Malle
Written By: Polly Platt, Louis Malle
- 1978
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
- 1978
- R
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 50 m
Pretty Baby
66
5.3
Summary A teenage girl lives as a prostitute in New Orleans in 1917.
Directed By: Louis Malle
Written By: Polly Platt, Louis Malle
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
66
70% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
30% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
66
70% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
30% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
In a project laden with pitfalls, Malle has kept his balance and produced an elegant, ironic and poignant film about our troublesome hearts, minds and bodies. [10 Apr 1978, p.106]
Apart from the ideology of the film, Pretty Baby is exquisitely executed. Shields, Sarandon and Carradine all give substantial but generally low key performances. [11 Apr 1978]
Malle's most forcefull dramatic element is the feeling of rivalry and resentment that exists between mother and child without the characters being conscious of it. The script is eloquently supplied with scenes illustration this fundamental conflict and bond. [26 Apr 1978, p.B1]
It takes a robust and humorous approach to life in a brothel, where the work done is less important than the community spirit; and "naughty" would be a far better word to describe the sex scenes, while the rest is decidedly nice.
Despite the scandalised yelps about child pornography, a film of disarmingly subversive innocence.
Beautifully shot and subtly rendered, but too slowly told for its ambiguities to really be effective.
Dull and lifeless.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 User Ratings
5.3
43% Positive
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
29% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
29% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 User Ratings
5.3
43% Positive
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
29% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
29% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
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Production Company
Paramount Pictures
Release Date Apr 5, 1978
Duration 1 h 50 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline The image of an adult world through a child's eyes.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
• 2 Nominations
