Product: Day of the Woman (1978)
Rating: 1.0
I Wish I Could Give This A Lower Rating
I've gotta tell you people- you're really missing the point. I'm sure by now you've read a million other reviews telling you what this movie is about, but let's recap: Jennifer (Keaton), a New York City writer, goes to a Connecticut countryside retreat to finish her novel. So far, so good. While sunbathing on a boat, she is assaulted by a group of men and dragged onto shore, where she is repeatedly raped. After it's over, she (Jennifer) staggers through the woods back to her cabin, only to be attacked again by the same gang. [Now, these scenes are extremely graphic, but granted, they do work well with setting the mood of the story, and while slightly more graphic than they really had to be, I can understand the directors want to add these brutalizing scenes to the movie, to show the true nature and violence revolving around the act of rape. The rest of the movie is where it all goes [bad] .] They leave her for dead, but she survives and, (instead of going to the police, mind you) then proceeds to stalk and murder each one of her attackers.See, this movie had some serious potential, with the harrowing rape scenes and some interesting premises. Someone pointed out the fact that after she is attacked, she begins to wear more concealing clothing. If the movie had just focused on Jennifer and her life after, being a survivor of such a brutal attack, then this had the potential to be a pretty powerful movie. But it didn't. Instead, this movie, like so many others, unfortunately went down the easier road, going for all out shock value rather than the real human emotions. Some could say the makers of this movie were trying to install some sense of power in Jennifer, and essentially all survivors of violence. Some could say they were making a statement on gender roles. Some could say it's a fantasy, a dream of revenge born out of real and true violence. The fact is that any way you look at it, they failed. This movie comes across as nothing but a big shock fest, exploitation to the max, and baby, it ain't the good kind....