The Accused

The Accused (1988)

  • 95% of critics liked it
    (19 reviews)

  • 76% of users liked it
    (19,574 ratings)

Based on a real-life 1983 incident, The Accused tells the story of Sarah Tobias (Jodie Foster), a working-class party girl who likes to live it up with her friends and flirt hard with the guys. After a fight with her boyfriend, she heads to a local bar to cool down -- and after a few drinks, plus… More

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R, 1 hr. 50 min.
Directed By
Jonathan Kaplan
Written By
Tom Topor
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Drama
In Theaters
Oct 14, 1988 Wide
On DVD
Apr 16, 2002
Paramount Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Clint Morris, Film Threat

    Possibly the best performance Foster has even given, and the best of its type

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    In her first Oscar-winning role, Jodie Foster plays Sarah Tobias, a fast-food waitress who's gang-raped ina roadside table. In the course of the film, she transforms from a good-time hard-drinking girl to a woman fighting for the self-esteem she never ha

  • Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena

    A atuação intensa e corajosa de Jodie Foster quase redime um filme que, graças à direção burocrática de Kaplan, parece ter sido realizado para a televisão.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Provides a searing account of a gang rape through the story of two women who speak out against this violent crime

  • Fred Topel, About.com

    Powerful rape drama.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Melvin W


    Sarah Tobias: What the hell are you talking about? You saw me at the hospital, what you think I asked for that? Is that what you think?  "The first scream was for help. The second is for justice." What this film does well is show a different side to a rape. It shows what… More

  • Dean !


    A decent film, looking a little dated now. Not the best performances of either of the two leads, personally surprised to read Jodie got an Oscar for this? It's not really a courtroom drama either. An interesting story never the less which will make you want to see the outcome.

  • Wahida K


    The first scream was for help. The second is for justice.

  • Martin S


    Good movie....it pretty much lets the story do the job.

  • Luke B


    The Accused starts off bravely by omitting the rape scene itself. It keeps us guessing as to whether or not a rape has taken place. It's also the perfect place for us as the audience in a legal drama such as this. The beginning also details the horrors a victim must go through… More

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