The Accused (1988)

• Year: 1988
• Released: 14 Oct 1988
• Country: Canada, United States
• Adwords: Won 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 5 nominations total
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094608/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/angeklagt
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-accused
• Available in: 720p, 1080p, 720p
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Crime, Drama
• Runtime: 111 min
• Writer: Tom Topor
• Director: Jonathan Kaplan
• Cast: Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster, Bernie Coulson
• Keywords: rape, lawyer, alcohol, boston, massachusetts, courtroom drama,

	7.1/10
	65/100

The Accused Storyline

This movie is based on actual events. Sarah Tobias goes into a bar one night and winds up being gang raped by 3 guys. She is introduced to an attorney named Katherine Murphy. Not only does Katherine Murphy want to go after the men who commited the rape, she wants to go after the men in the bar who cheered it on. But Katherine has her work cut out for her. Her client has a past, and that past could be used against her in court.

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The subject matter is hard to stomach, but the acting is first-rate

One thing I found interesting about “The Accused” – a film that’s famous for the vicious rape of a young blue-collar woman – is just how they chose to go about making such a movie. You know going in that there’s a bad scene, and that the rest of the movie deals with the repercussions. But the film begins immediately after the atrocity went down. We open with Jodie Foster desperately flagging down a ride to make good her escape, and flow right into the doctor’s examination of her ghastly welts, claw marks and bruising. The tone is set without any on screen violence.

Now, there’s still a “bad scene” involved, but it doesn’t happen until we’ve spent some time in the courtroom. It’s a flashback, although the tension and foreboding have been ratcheted to obscene heights that it’s still, to this day, beyond brutal (nauseating would be the better way to put it).

The whole of the movie is not easy to watch, and it’s one that doesn’t hold a lot of replay value. But the reason to recommend it (and I’m sure it has been for 25 years) is the performances from the two leads. Both are exceptional, but Foster won that Oscar for a reason. At the center of this movie are two women who are fighting; one for her side of the story to be heard (after her character assassination in the eyes of the public), and the attorney who’s out to help her find justice.

“The Accused” is not as harrowing as “Leaving Las Vegas”, but it’s still no day at the beach. Regardless, should this movie ever come up in conversation, my recommendation will be based entirely on those performances from Jodie Foster and Kelly McGillis.

7/10

Jodie’s first Oscar

For this role Jodie received bunch of nominations and six awards, including her first Oscar. In my opinion, her role of Nell deserves an Oscar much more than this one or her role in “Silence of the Lambs” and this is far from being her best movie, but it has really strong story and it’s worth watching.

7/10

never blame the victim

Jodie Foster broke out of her teenage persona in “The Accused”, in which she masterfully portrays a rape victim seeking justice. The movie shows how, as often seems to happen, the raped woman gets accused of bringing the rape upon herself because of how she dressed. But her character understands what she has to do. Equally as good is Kelly McGillis as her attorney trying to prove that not only did the men rape her client, but several other men encouraged the rape. A particularly effective scene is when Foster decides to take revenge on one of the men who encouraged the rape; you can feel what she’s thinking.

All in all, this is a movie that I recommend to everyone. It shows how our society stigmatizes women, but also reminds us never to give up hope. Perfect.