Theatrical Release Year: 2011
Director: Zack Snyder
Writer: Zack Synder
Starring: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Carla Gugino, Oscar Isaac, Jon Hamm, Scott GlennLength: 110 minutes
Studio: Warner Bros.
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In a tragic turn of events, Baby Doll (Emily Browning) accidentally kills her sister while trying to protect her from their truly evil stepfather. With no other guardian to protect her, Baby Doll is sent to a worse fate than a life as her stepfather’s sex slave: She’s sent to a Vermont mental institution where she is scheduled to receive a lobotomy on her fifth day there.
In a desperate attempt at self preservation, Baby Doll begins a mission to save herself and as many of the other patients as possible. The world of burlesque dancing and implied sex slavery collides with a video game style warfront where Baby Doll and the other captors fight their way to freedom.
But is either world real, or just a splintered figment of Baby Doll‘s traumatized imagination? And does anyone actually give a shit?
I didn’t know much about this movie going into it, but I definitely was not ready for what was delivered to me. I was disgusted by the sexualization and understory of sex crimes committed by piggish men on underage girls. I should have let the girls’ costumes give that much away to me, but in my defense Sailor Moon and the gang aren’t under constant threat of being sexually assaulted while they fight evil in sexy costumes.
The war scenes were all about the girls kicking enemy ass to obtain objects that would help them escape the maximum security institution, but the scenes just did not captivate me.
As a native born Vermonter, I must defend my homeland by saying we don’t have sex dens posing as state run homes for the mentally ill. Vermonters wear flannel and shitkicker boots, not bedroom romp outfits and fuck-me pumps. So unrealistic.
Hated the plot, hated the ending, the stylization of the film didn’t fit the storyline, and the only reason I didn’t walk out with the other people who left disgusted during the film is because I was with a group of people who were enjoying the on-screen eye candy and they had the car keys.
All that said, I am absolutely certain that Jamie Chung (Amber) will have a long and successful career if she so chooses. She has that “it” factor.
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