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Something Wild
Mary Ann Robinson, a teenage girl attending college in New York City, is brutally raped while walking in a park near her home in the Bronx. Traumatized by the experience, Mary Ann washes away all the evidence and destroys her clothing. She hides the rape from her mother and stepfather, with whom she has an already distant relationship.
21 March 1921, Long Beach, California, USA
6 October 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
27 June 1923, Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
October 22, 1907 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
June 29, 1925 in New York City, New York, USA
24 March 1904, Barkotzen, Pomerania, Germany [now Barkocin, Pomorskie, Poland]
19 September 1927, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
28 May 1931, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
May 12, 2009
An urban fairy tale oddity.
December 29, 2006
The movie's uneasy blend of symbolism and naturalism might have worked better onstage.
March 10, 2017
... a character drama about two damaged people unable to articulate or communicate their feelings to others, which puts the focus on the physical performance: gestures, expressions, body language, the unexpected reaction to situations.
June 17, 2007
An obscure blast from the past, Something Wild is a narrative precursor to Roman Polanski's Repulsion.
January 17, 2017
a daring and provocative look at identity, violence, and the need for human connection
January 04, 2007
The sordid psychodrama comes to a jaw-dropper of a conclusion that's oddly touching despite its outrageous proposal that marriage is the cure for post-traumatic shock syndrome.
May 23, 2017
Something Wild ultimately comes off as incomplete and, perhaps even misogynistic and mean-spirited.
