The Accused Reviews

To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this movie and maybe I should re-watch  it at some point. First of all, for Jodie Foster, this movie was a huge milestone. Indeed, even though she had some success as a child actor, she struggled during most of the 80’s and it is finally with this movie that she started to be taken seriously as an adult actor. Eventually, she would even win her 1^st Academy Award and would win another one only a few years later with ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ securing her A list status for good. Concerning the movie itself, it was pretty good and Jodie Foster and Kelly McGillis were both solid but, somehow, the whole thing didn’t completely convince me. Indeed, in my opinion, it was far from being really subtle (in fact, Jodie Foster thought at first that her performance was awfulf and that it would be the end of her career) and, even if the message given was important, it wasn’t enough to make this movie really spellbinding in my opinion. To conclude, even though I don’t think it was really a masterpiece, it was still a solid drama and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Jodie Foster’s work.