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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.
27 June 1923, Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
30 October 1912, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA
19 January 1923, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
8 March 1926, San Juan, Puerto Rico
21 March 1921, Long Beach, California, USA
19 June 1942, New York, USA
4 November 1925, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
7 July 1922, New York, USA
1 January 1919, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
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
May 23, 2017
Something Wild ultimately comes off as incomplete and, perhaps even misogynistic and mean-spirited.
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.
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.
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.