Very difficult to watch

Ultimately rewarding but hard to stomach.

As a deep admirer of JF this film is one of the most difficult I have ever had to watch. I've seen the rape scene exactly once and that was more than enough. The scene with Tobias (Jodie Foster) in the ER, after the rape, I'm stuck somewhere between heartbreak for her and revulsion for the circumstances. She looks so incredibly frail and washed out. Jodie's committment to her art is heroic and though I was upset with her for putting herself through this I deeply admire the foundational principle behind her decision to do it.

McGillis supported very convincingly, not overdoing the sympathy she showed Tobias' character. An emotional stomach-churning roller-coaster of a film that doesn't get easier to watch but is rightly highly praised.

7/10