Pretty Baby

1978

1h 50m

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7.0/10

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Hattie, a New Orleans prostitute, meets a photographer named Bellocq at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-old daughter, Violet. When Violet is brought on as a working girl by her mother's madam and Hattie skips town to get married, Violet quickly loses her innocence and focuses on reuniting with Bellocq. But a life with Bellocq is compromised for Violet after her mother returns to town.

Directors

Louis Malle

Writers

Louis Malle(story by)

Polly Platt(screenplay by)

Polly Platt(story by)

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Brooke Shields

Keith Carradine

Susan Sarandon

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Violet

Bellocq

Hattie

Nell

Professor

Red Top

Frieda

Josephine

Highpockets

Alfred Fuller

Flora

Gussie

Fanny

Agnes

Odette

Mama Mosebery

Ola Mae

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Directors

Louis Malle

Writers

Louis Malle(story by)

Polly Platt(screenplay by)

Polly Platt(story by)

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1/10

So.... why one star? Because, honestly, it's boring. It kind of does to New Orleans' red-light district what Reds did to John Reed.... sucked all the excitement out of the story in an effort to make it artistic. It's well acted, but it's weak on plot, weak on story, weak on entertainment.... but, like Reds, it's one of those movies that you have to watch because 41 years after the fact it is still being talked about. But, to be fair, I guess it's hard to make a movie about someone that takes pictures and make it riveting. After all, E. J. Bellocq wasn't exactly Robert Capa

GenerationofSwine12 Jan, 2023