Pretty Baby( 1978)

TV-MADrama

70%

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The image of an adult world seen through a child's eyes.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Brooke Shields
Violet
Keith Carradine
Bellocq
Susan Sarandon
Hattie
Frances Faye
Nell
Antonio Fargas
Professor
Matthew Anton
Red Top
Diana Scarwid
Frieda
Barbara Steele
Josephine
Gerrit Graham
Highpockets
Don Hood
Alfred Fuller
Seret Scott
Flora
Cheryl Markowitz
Gussie
Susan Manskey
Fanny
Laura Zimmerman
Agnes
Miz Mary
Odette
Mae Mercer
Mama Mosebery
Pat Perkins
Ola Mae
Von Eric Thomas
Nonny
Sasha Holliday
Justine
Lisa Shames
Antonia
Henry Braden
Harry
Patrick M. Burke
Fanny's Customer
C.C. Courtney
Naval Officer
Joe Catalanotto
Hattie's Customer
Philip H. Sizeler
Senator
Don Lutenbacher
Violet's First Customer
Hobe May
Farmer
Stocker Fontelieu
Brothel Patron (uncredited)
Bill Holliday
Gussie's Client (uncredited)

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A review by GenerationofSwine

Written by GenerationofSwine on Thu Jan 12 2023

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...