Set in The Bronx in 1964. A psychotic rapist (John Turturro) has just been released from prison and returns to the borough where he lived. The girl (Jodie Foster) he attempted to rape is terrified and asks the man (Tim Robbins) who saved her to intervene but he is non violent now. Written by John Patrick Shanley (MOONSTRUCK) and directed by actor turned director Tony Bill (SHAMPOO). Although the movie received positive reviews when it opened, I found it to be a frustrating film. Almost all its characters range from not too bright to downright stupid. Just one example: when her would be rapist calls her on the phone and asks her to meet him at midnight in a park, does she hang up or call the police? No, she goes to meet him! It just seems like an aimless, contrived screenplay and why should we care for any of its characters. Shanley even tries to drum up some sympathy for the rapist by blaming his mentally ill mother (Rose Gregorio). There's also a useless subplot about two teenage girls (Elizabeth Berridge, Cathryn De Prume) who hook up with two boys (Rodney Harvey, Daniel Jenkins) that has no bearing on the central story that just takes up space. With Todd Graff, Kathleen Chalfant and Carl Capotorto.
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