Review of Pretty Baby (1950) by Bill T — 02 Oct 2010
People who've been around me for a short while have undoubtedly heard me express my dislike for Brooke Shields. From dating Agassi, whining about her mum, nothing getting in between her and her Calvins, the atrocity that was Suddenly Susan, and putting me in a position where I almost had to be Team Tom despite Tom being a crazy douche.
Despite this and to my own unease, she managed to be in two of my fave movies and one of my fave TV shows. In this one she's 12 and plays daughter of a New Orleans whore (awesome role by Sarandon). And she plays it well, the blossoming sexuality of a girl destined to be paid for is handled serenely, yet you can sense the discomfort in the scenes that bring her closer to the matrass mambo.
Not an action filled movie, it moves slowly and beautifully to its ambiguous end, fine Brooke Shields, you justified your career early on, I guess you earned the right to stick around and get on my nerves for the decades after.
This review of Pretty Baby (1950) was written by Bill T on 02 Oct 2010.
Pretty Baby has generally received positive reviews.
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