The Accused (1988)

Jodie Foster is heartbreaking as a wrong-side-of-the-tracks victim of a gang rape. That said, what should've been an enraging and powerful story is diluted by the deliberate choice to tell rather than show through most of the film.

While I understand the deliberate choice to keep us in the dark about what actually happened until the very end, it made for a pretty flat movie. Kelly McGillis is capable, but the her portion of the story is all button-ups and bland offices.

B-