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      • Louis Malle's "Pretty Baby" is a pleasant surprise: After all the controversy and scandal surrounding its production, it turns out to be a good-hearted, good-looking, quietly elegiac movie. That's a coup for Malle, who sometimes seems to dare himself to find acceptable ways of filming unacceptable subjects.
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  2. Directed and produced by. Louis Malle. Louis Malle's "Pretty Baby" is a pleasant surprise: After all the controversy and scandal surrounding its production, it turns out to be a good-hearted, good-looking, quietly elegiac movie.

  3. For such a monstrously ugly subject, Pretty Baby is a strikingly beautiful film. The idea of child prostitution is repulsive but was a very real thing back in the 1917-era (and obviously still exists today under a much more secretive veil).

  4. Feb 1, 2018 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Louis Malle's Pretty Baby is a pleasant surprise: After all the controversy and scandal surrounding its production, it turns out to be a...

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    • Louis Malle
    • R
    • Brooke Shields
  5. Pretty Baby is an extremely complex film, emotionally, and it's gorgeously directed in a very subtle style by Malle, who might very well be my favorite French director. The final moment of the movie has Shields, about to become an actual little girl for the first time in her life, having her picture taken by her stepfather.

  6. Apr 5, 1978 · Polly Platt. Louis Malle. Stars. Brooke Shields. Keith Carradine. Susan Sarandon. See production info at IMDbPro. RENT/BUY. from $3.99. search Amazon. Add to Watchlist. Added by 27.2K users. 97 User reviews. 32 Critic reviews.

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    • Drama
    • Louis Malle
    • 1978-04-05
  7. As of March 2023, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 71% of 28 critics had given the film a favorable review, with a weighted average of 6.88/10. Accolades. The film won the Technical Grand Prize at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for the Palme d'Or.

  8. www.metacritic.com › movie › pretty-babyPretty Baby - Metacritic

    1 h 50 m. Summary A teenage girl lives as a prostitute in New Orleans in 1917. Drama. Directed By: Louis Malle. Written By: Polly Platt, Louis Malle. Pretty Baby. Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews. 66. User Score Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings. 5.3. My Score. Hover and click to give a rating. Add My Review. View All

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