Josie Foster is immense in the titular role showing the kind of form that would go on to net her two Oscar's in later life.
Is has to be said that from the outset, this is a profoundly disturbing film. This is mainly because of Martin Sheen who is beyond creepy as the, to put it politely, antagonist.
This must have been shocking when it came out in the seventies because watching it now, fifty years later, is quite jarring.
It's not perfect by a long way. It feels like a play adapted for the screen as the film is set largely in the main room in Fosters house. The editing is par for the course for the 70's, poor. But I can forgive a lot with the way that the film crashes toward its conclusion.
Is has to be said that from the outset, this is a profoundly disturbing film. This is mainly because of Martin Sheen who is beyond creepy as the, to put it politely, antagonist.
This must have been shocking when it came out in the seventies because watching it now, fifty years later, is quite jarring.
It's not perfect by a long way. It feels like a play adapted for the screen as the film is set largely in the main room in Fosters house. The editing is par for the course for the 70's, poor. But I can forgive a lot with the way that the film crashes toward its conclusion.