In 1917, in the red light district Storyville, New Orleans, the prostitute Hattie lives with her twelve year-old daughter Violet in the fancy brothel of Madame Nell, where she works. Photographer Ernest J. Bellocq has an attraction to Hallie and Violet and he is an habitué of the whorehouse. One day, Madame Nell auctions Violet's virginity and the winner pays the fortune of US$ 400 to spend the night with the girl. Then Hattie marries a wealthy client and moves to Saint Loui... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1917, in the red light district Storyville, New Orleans, the prostitute Hattie lives with her twelve year-old daughter Violet in the fancy brothel of Madame Nell, where she works. Photographer Ernest J. Bellocq has an attraction to Hallie and Violet and he is an habitué of the whorehouse. One day, Madame Nell auctions Violet's virginity and the winner pays the fortune of US$ 400 to spend the night with the girl. Then Hattie marries a wealthy client and moves to Saint Louis, leaving Violet in the brothel alone. Violet decides to marry Bellocq and she moves to his house. Until the day that Hattie, who has overcome her past, comes to Bellocq's house with the intention to take Violet with her.
Leave your thoughts about Pretty Baby.
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertLouis 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. |
| Washington PostGary ArnoldDespite the scandalised yelps about child pornography, a film of disarmingly subversive innocence. |
| Rolling StoneJonathon CottLouis 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. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzAn inert and boring morality tale that should please neither sensationalists nor puritans. |
| The SpectatorTed WhiteheadThe pervasive romanticism and the psychological shallowness left me feeling bored long before the end. |
| Washington PostJudith MartinIt takes a robust and humorous approach to life in a brothel, where the work done is less important than the community spirit; and "naughty" would be a far better word to describe the sex scenes, while the rest is decidedly nice. |
| VarietyVariety StaffThe story highlights are confined within a narrow range of ho-hum dramatization. |
| Zap2it.comDan FienbergWhile it oozes with atmosphere and Sarandon is superb, the story never comes together and Malle's treatment of Shields is kinda creepy. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyThis visually evocative tale of a child prostitue, Louis Malle's first American film, is not as strong as his next (Atlantic City), but Susan Sarandon and Brooke Shields are splendid. |
| Time OutTom MilneDespite the scandalised yelps about child pornography, a film of disarmingly subversive innocence. |
