The novel is probably good. This seems to lack focus. Hard for a movie to do justice to more than one to three characters as this proves. Rob Lowe tries but is too pretty. Jodie Foster is stunningly good. Natassa Kinski suits the movie as well.
The serious stuff - death of the mother, rape of Foster, death of a child - is handled well. But the film got irritating. I think it was a mistake to follow the characters of Vienna and then Hollywood. Sure, it was in the novel, but so what?
This is the sort of movie that no doubt has its fans. I am not among them. But good on Tony Richardson for having a go.
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