Lipstick (1976)
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17% of critics liked it
(6 reviews) -
39% of users liked it
(1,047 ratings)
Lipstick is a cheap exploitation film pretending to make a social statement about rape and revenge. Chris (Margaux Hemingway), a fashion model is raped by Gordon Stuart (Chris Sarandon) her sister's music teacher. When he tries to rape her sister Kathy (Mariel Hemingway), Chris kills him. She is… More Lipstick is a cheap exploitation film pretending to make a social statement about rape and revenge. Chris (Margaux Hemingway), a fashion model is raped by Gordon Stuart (Chris Sarandon) her sister's music teacher. When he tries to rape her sister Kathy (Mariel Hemingway), Chris kills him. She is tried for the crime and defended by Carla Bondi (Anne Bancroft). Margaux Hemingway, in her film debut, is dreadful, giving a wooden performance which is only matched by that of the usually interesting Chris Sarandon. Despite some discussion of this film by feminist film critics, its only saving grace is the performance of Mariel Hemingway, who is also making her debut and gives the mature and nuanced performance she would again give in Manhattan. Lipstick, trite, bloody and dishonest, pretends to condemn rape but instead sensationalizes and exploits it. ~ Linda Rasmussen, Rovi
- Directed By
- Lamont Johnson
- Written By
- David Rayfiel
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Apr 2, 1976 Wide
- On DVD
- Oct 14, 2003
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Critic Reviews
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...a pervasively uneven drama/thriller that is, for the most part, simply too slow for its own good...
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Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine
Lamont Johnson buys wholesale into scripter David Rayfiel's dissection of the fine line between image and reality.
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Cast
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Margaux Hemingway
as Chris McCormick
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Chris Sarandon
as Gordon Stuart
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Perry King
as Steve Edison
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Anne Bancroft
as Carla Bondi
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Robin Gammell
as Nathan Cartwright
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John Bennett Perry
as Martin McCormick
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Mariel Hemingway
as Kathy McCormick
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Francesco
as Photographer
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Bill Burns
as Judge
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Lauren Jones
as Policewoman
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Inga Swenson
as Sister Monica
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Meg Wyllie
as Sister Margaret
- Ann Bancroft
- Peggy Rea
