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Dominican Rep. Extremities
336
Drama. Thriller
An intended rape victim manages to escape from her attacker but leaves her purse behind. Worried that he may visit her house and finish what he has started, she contacts the police but they are unable to help, saying that she has no proof. "If he calls, let us know and we'll send a man round!" A fat load of good that would be. Her worst fears are realised when, alone one day in the house, her attacker visits and attempts again to rape ... [+]
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"Fawcett is admirable; evoking the pathos of beauty that turns from a blessing into a target, her own beauty is deepening into courage and talent" | POS |
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United States |
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There aren't any flesh-and-blood characters here, only superimposed attitudes: it's almost like reading a rape-crisis textbook, with every lesson italicized." | NEG |
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United States |
TV Guide | "Originally an off-Broadway play, 'Extremities' projects the powerful rancor of the play, but the film also retains some deadening theatricality that doesn't work on screen." | NEU |
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United States |
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"Fawcett isn`t half bad--she works hard and doesn`t commit any egregious technical faults--but she doesn`t have the resources to give her slimly written character a sufficiently commanding inner life" | NEG |
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