- Release Date: 1978
- Runtime: 110 min
- Genre: Drama, History
- Starring: Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Frances Faye ... see all
- Director: Louis Malle
- Plot: 1917, the last months of legal prostitution in Storyville - New Orleans' red-light district. Hattie, a prostitute at the elegant home of Madame Nell, and her 12-year-old daughter Violet are... Read more
User Reviews
Not good
Mar 04, 2008
toki_bloom - yahoo.com
Mar 04, 2008toki_bloom - yahoo.com
Overall, this movie has a really dark subject with no morals. The child porn involved, as well as the prostitution is not an appropriate thing to fill the mind with. Violet is raised in a prostitution house, and her virginity is... Full review
crazy but real
Mar 04, 2008
wesmaine79 - yahoo.com
Mar 04, 2008wesmaine79 - yahoo.com
I was shocked when I first shall pretty baby and really did'nt know what to think about it because of the stuff it showed, but when you think about it, This is stuff that really goes on that people just don't... Full review
looks not bad like to see a preview
Jul 21, 2007
northern_winnipeg_guy - yahoo.com
Jul 21, 2007northern_winnipeg_guy - yahoo.com
the movie itself looks interesting but would it be banned ?i never seen it but from what it says bout it i dunno.i'd think so but im sure the people that produced it made sure there was nothing illegal in the... Full review
This is my favorite allways
Aug 23, 2006
jrm_lkk - yahoo.com
Aug 23, 2006jrm_lkk - yahoo.com
The cut version not include childporn but i know its available not cut version but where. Brooke is cute pertty girl and actor. I want this movie.... Full review
An incredibly frank but humane movie of the type that doesn't seem to be made anymore.
Jun 09, 2005
Ham_and_Egger - imdb.com
Jun 09, 2005Ham_and_Egger - imdb.com
A beautifully filmed movie which tells a difficult story with a subtlety and power that leaves you thinking about it during odd moments for days. It's that much more disconcerting because all the while you're keenly aware that this isn't... Full review
intentionally disturbing
Feb 01, 2005
jep831 - imdb.com
Feb 01, 2005jep831 - imdb.com
I think it was a fine piece of film making about a horrific situation. I agree with a previous poster that its understated tone was one of its strengths. The film maker presents a detailed, rounded view of the lifestyle... Full review
This Movie Is Based On Truth!
Dec 25, 2004
mk4 - imdb.com
Dec 25, 2004mk4 - imdb.com
I'd like to point out that this movie is literally based on first hand recollections of a prostitute interviewed in Al Rose's definitive book on the subject: "Storyville", published many years ago. Anyone familiar with with the era knows that... Full review
Beautiful, intelligent, evocative
Aug 17, 2004
michelle lockhart - imdb.com
Aug 17, 2004michelle lockhart - imdb.com
Louis Malle did an amazing job of portraying the Storyville life (red light district), and the lives of the women caught up in it. He gets the finest work out of his cast, and demonstrates what it makes him a... Full review
No Wonder Tim Robbins Fell in Love with Susan Sarandon
Feb 23, 2004
Alice Copeland Brown - imdb.com
Feb 23, 2004Alice Copeland Brown - imdb.com
Talk about Romantic Nudes: I felt as though I was at the Museum of Fine Arts, watching some French Renaissance paintings. As Keith Carradine goes around taking photos (and incidentally showing us the painful care that was involved in the... Full review
Most Friendship is Feigning, Most Loving Mere Folly.
Feb 05, 2004
Robert J. Maxwell - imdb.com
Feb 05, 2004Robert J. Maxwell - imdb.com
There are a couple of reasons to see this well-executed movie.One is Brooke Shields in her only believable performance, as a defiant self-absorbed brat who learns not just about sex but about love. She is, of course, dazzlingly beautiful and... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Nov 18, 2002eFilmCritic.com
French director Louis Malle (Au revoir les enfants, My Dinner with Andre) wrote, produced and directed this film and it's his patience and artistry that ensures it isn't merely seen as porn.....Now, this kind of flick obviously just screams for the bible-bashers....Oh yeah, Susan Sarandon has the most perfect cans I've ever seen..... ... Full Review
Combustible Celluloid
Sven Nykvist provided the lush cinematography.
This film caused a great deal of controversy during its production for exposing the then twelve year-old Brooke Shields to a movie about prostitutes and sex.
... Full Review
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2009-07-08
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2009-07-02
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2009-06-27
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Excerpt: 'Hungry for Paris'
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2008-08-25
Chez georges is the gastronomic equivalent of the little black dress-unfailingly correct, politely coquettish, and impeccably Parisian. This is why it was no surprise to find ourselves seated next to the affable and slightly owlish Didier Ludot on a balmy... ... Full Article

Pretty Baby (1978) 4/11
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pretty baby morphing into brooke.

