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Patty Hearst

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United Kingdom, United States · 1988
Rated R · 1h 48m
Director Paul Schrader
Starring Natasha Richardson, William Forsythe, Ving Rhames, Frances Fisher
Genre Drama

The true story of Patty Hearst, a rich girl who was abducted by American revolutionaries in the 1970s. Her time spent with her captors made her question herself and her way of life and she joined forces with the cause that her abductors were fighting for, creating a US scandal.

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TV Guide Magazine by

The cast is quite good. Richardson is so compelling as Hearst that she manages to transcend the mishandled material and create a character that's much more real and stimulating than one might otherwise have imagined.

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Washington Post by Hal Hinson

Though the movie suggests that Hearst was brainwashed -- or at least coerced through fear to act as she did -- it maintains a safe distance from any definitive position. In the end, we have not come any closer to an understanding of Patty Hearst. But ambiguity, in this case, isn't an indication of complexity; it's a refuge. It's an admission of failure.

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The New Yorker by Richard Brody

Without sacrificing his critical judgment, Schrader retains a remarkable sympathy both for Hearst and for those who wrenched her from her life and made her—even if in deed only—one of their own.

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Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

The entire film centers on the remarkable performance by Natasha Richardson as Hearst. She convinces us she is Hearst, not by pressing the point, but by taking it for granted.

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The New York Times by Vincent Canby

Patty Hearst is a model of swift, spare, unsentimental film making about a character who can never be known, as most fictional characters are, and about a specific time and circumstances that, with hindsight, seem incredible.

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