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starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ron Eldard, Glenne Headly, Lyle Lovett, Jena Malonedirected by: Anjelica Huston
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304385432
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6304385439
Label: Bmg Video Label
Manufacturer: Bmg Video Label
Publisher: Bmg Video Label
Release Date: January 27, 1998
Running Time: 97 minutes
Sales Rank: 12326
Studio: Bmg Video Label
Theatrical Release Date: December 15, 1996
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
This fine but shocking drama (which Ted Turner paid for and then refused to show on his cable outfits), based on the novel by Dorothy Allison, concerns extensive abuse endured by a girl (Jena Malone) at the hands of her stepfather (Ron Eldard), while her mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) looks the other way. Anjelica Huston made her directorial debut with this film and demonstrates that talent also runs in the family when behind the camera. Difficult to watch but mitigated by Huston's intelligent approach and sense of balance--as well as outstanding performances--this is a significant film best left to the most mature audiences. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - If not for the fact that it was based on truth
I was born and raised in South Carolina in 1953 but left when I was sixteen years old...so I thought it might be interesting to watch this movie. I was wrong. This movie is really not a pleasant movie to watch. But for the fact that it is supposed to be based on fact, I am not sure I would find watching it of any worthwhile value. It reminded me of the movie, Rosewood. Truth or not, I mean what's the point to making movies of this stuff.
Rating: - Almost as Good as the Book It's Based On
This movie is based on a semi-autobiographical novel, "Bastard Out of Carolina," written by the famous feminist,lesbian author, Dorothy Allison. Analogous to the book it is based on, this film is a genuinely poignant and disquieting piece of art that was too shocking to be aired as originally planned on TNT. More importantly, the director (Anjelica Houston)does a stellar job of portraying the main events and characters in relation to the actual occurrences described in the novel. Author Dorothy Allison ... Read More
Rating: - Good but sad
A great, but also sad movie... It's a movie about a poor southern girl that doesn't have a so happy childhood. Her mother has problems choosing men and marries up with a man that ends up being the worst of all. He sexually abuses Bone (Played by Jena Malone) for a long period of time. Some out of frustration over his failure as a father, a husband, and a man that can't live up to his own fathers expectations... But mostly do to his sick and twisted state of mind.
It's a very depressing movie ... Read More
Rating:  - Is it OK for child actors to portray sex scenes?
Like so many others, this movie struck a raw nerve with me regarding the graphic detail that was enacted by then 12 year old Jena Malone. Although the movie has a point to make about child abuse and sexual abuse, I, as the mother of a 13 year old, can not understand how another mother could stand by and watch her child being filmed in such graphic detail. I could not watch the whole movie as the car scene was so disturbing I turned it off. What is the difference between a child being molested, and a child ... Read More
Rating: - I saw this at MCC
I saw this in one of my classes in college.I can't remember,though.It was one of the movies my class saw.The step-father was mean. I thoought my father was mean.
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