Comments on: Robbing the Cradle

By: La Femme Crickita

La Femme Crickita — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Maybe that divorce from Tom had something to do with it. Kudos for New Line Cinema for having the guts to pull the funding. I definately will keep my eye on them and see if they come up with more family friendly features. They did all right with "Lord of the Rings."

By: James Doney

James Doney — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Entertainment Tonight said that it was a movie that had a scene touching on a "taboo" subject. It is strange to think that those of us who think that is "unacceptable", "grotesque", or "taboo" are made to feel as if we are in the minority and thus wrong in our thinking whereas those perpetuating this are artsy and creative. Ugh.

By: marc

marc — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

What type of mentality does it take to sink $72 million into tripe like this.

Lets think about this for a minute. Michael Jackson will go on trial for things, at least equal to, or worse to what Kidman has done.
And she did it with a few if not a hundred members of the production staff for the movie.

I say pull the tapes and charge her and the crew.

By: David Ross

David Ross — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Kidman's strong point has always been her willingness to work in fringe pictures: To Die For, The Others, Eyes Wide Shut. It's one reason why she used to be my favourite actress. I'm not defending her; I'm just trying to understand why she agreed to this $50m pedo-pr0n disaster. (I *can't* defend her. Who's directing it, Roman Polanski?)

By: Brian J.

Brian J. — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Two words: Lo lita. Without knowing more about the story of the movie, et cetera, I am not going to work myself into a lather about one purposefully sensationalist scene being sensationalized by the media and the table poundits.

By: zombyboy

zombyboy — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

As much as I envy the kid, there really is no reason for any adult to be in a tub naked with a ten year old in even a "pretend" romantic situation. It isn't appropriate and it isn't acceptable. If I'm wrong about that, then NAMBLA isn't just a bunch of sick perverts and Michael Jackson probably didn't do much that was terribly wrong. Jesus, what bad judgment on the part of everyone involved.

By: RebeccaH

RebeccaH — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

What do you want to bet it wins at Cannes?

By: Raoul Ortega

Raoul Ortega — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

It's the Mary Kay Latourneau (sp?) story done Hollyweird style.

(She's the teacher from suburban Tacoma who has had two children (one while in prison) by one of her students.)

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I would've traded my entire collection of Garbage Pail Kids to make out with Nicole Kidman.

By: Georgy

Georgy — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I have a better idea: make the movie about a ten year old girl!! That should really shake up the fuzzy-wuzzies.

By: Ray Zacek

Ray Zacek — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I find Kidman a terribly overrated actress. Competent but hardly outstanding. I found her boring in "The Hours", a dreadful movie (predictable and contrived, too. I joked half way thru that Mrs. Brown's little boy in sunny Calfornia grew up to be a bitter, HIV pos poet, and by God he did). Her acting in "fringe" movies is probably a calculated career choice, maximizing her limited talent in edgy rolls. Of course, I'm sure my opinion is entirely contrarian; I feel Kevin Spacey and Russell Crowe are vastly overrated, too.

By: stenny

stenny — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I'm afraid I don't see whats wrong with it. This is art and must be understood that way. The point of the movie is not perversion but self discovery. In the mind of the character played by Nichol the child is not a ten year old but rather is her long lost husband. If she is trying to rekindle what she has lost then I see no problem with it. I am sure the child will from his experience with her have a revelation and realize who he really is. This sounds like a good love story to me, and I consider myself an expert on love stories.

By: Ryan Waxx

Ryan Waxx — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Oh, yes indeed. Lets also have a movie about a couple of 12-year olds who , in their minds, are adults (not a terribly uncommon attitude), and have them hump away on screen for 2 hours and call THAT art.

"Art" is a cheap bullshit excuse made by cheap bullshit con artists for pretending that some atrocious, publicity-seeking act is somehow above our ability to understand, judge, and/or criticize.

Sorry, stenny old pal but we have intelligence and ethics, plus the obligation not to turn them off just because some joker yells 'Art!'.

By: Siergen

Siergen — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I recall a movie in the early 1980's where a teenage boy appeared in a bathtub with topless adult woman. No kissing in the tub as I remember, but they later had a sex scene in bed. I think it was called 'Private Lessons' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082948/

Didn't cause much controversy at the time, but maybe the actors weren't famous enough, or maybe child abuse was still something people didn't talk about...

By: John Cunningham

John Cunningham — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Attitudes have changed markedly on underage sex since the early 80s. Recally _Pretty Baby_, where a mother in a brothel, Susan Sarandon, introduces her 12-yr old daughter, Brooke Shields, into prostitution. This was a mainstream movie, which could not possibly be filmed today.