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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1977)
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Foster's Young Anti-Heroine
This is a strange sort of thriller for Hollywood in that it centres around a 'little' 13 year old girl, Rynn (Jodie Foster), who lives alone as per her dead father's wishes and is forced to kill all those who figure out her hoax.
I say strange because so rarely is a young girl the heroine and the villain in the same film, in fact so rarely are those the same person in any film. Foster was a great young actress, as is so clear in 'Taxi Driver' (1976) and she makes this film her own. She is such a capable young woman that we as the audience become frustrated with the grown-ups around her who cannot see how bright she is. There is a controversial neud scene of Foster which was apparently done by her sister as a stunt double, it is shocking but fits with the awkwardness of the film.
Rynn must also deal with a pedophile (Martin Sheen, unbelievably creepy) who is eager to take advantage of her situation and her growing affection for Mario (Scott Jacoby who I could've sworn was Matthew Modine), a young crippled boy who she has let in on her secrets.
The film itself looks like a TV movie or a filmed play as almost all the action takes place in Rynn's living room, but Foster and Sheen bring the film up to a higher level than the cinematography alone would allow. They are so young here, but you can see the legends they will become underneath all that passion.
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 | Lisa
Jun 2, 2007 8:08 AM
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| I'm intrigued now, I'll have to find me a copy of this one. |
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Jun 2, 2007 9:08 PM