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Margaux Hemingway, Chris Sarandon, Perry King, Anne Bancroft, Robin Gammell ... see more see more... , John Bennett Perry , Mariel Hemingway , Francesco , Bill Burns , Lauren Jones , Inga Swenson , Meg Wyllie , Ann Bancroft , Peggy Rea

Lipstick is a cheap exploitation film pretending to make a social statement about rape and revenge. Chris (Margaux Hemingway), a fashion model is raped by Gordon Stuart (Chris Sarandon) her sister's m... read more read more...usic teacher. When he tries to rape her sister Kathy (Mariel Hemingway), Chris kills him. She is tried for the crime and defended by Carla Bondi (Anne Bancroft). Margaux Hemingway, in her film debut, is dreadful, giving a wooden performance which is only matched by that of the usually interesting Chris Sarandon. Despite some discussion of this film by feminist film critics, its only saving grace is the performance of Mariel Hemingway, who is also making her debut and gives the mature and nuanced performance she would again give in Manhattan. Lipstick, trite, bloody and dishonest, pretends to condemn rape but instead sensationalizes and exploits it. ~ Linda Rasmussen, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 29 min.

Directed by: Lamont Johnson

Release Date: April 2, 1976

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DVD Release Date: October 14, 2003

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  • 366weirdmovies
    March 18, 2008
    366weirdmovies
    A fashion model is brutally raped by an experimental composer who is acquitted by the jury. Later she gets a chance to mow him down in the street after he rapes her prepubescent sister, too. Moves seamlessly from cynical rapesploitation to implausible courtroom drama to perfunc... read moretory revenge drama, all the while dragging the Hemmingway name through its muck.
  • BenRogers84
    August 28, 2011
    BenRogers84
    This was a very interesting hidden gem from the 70s. Not your typical rape revenge, but played more like an early prototype for a lifetime movie gone graphic and creepy.
    People shit on Marguax Hemingway and her acting ability but I think there was nothing wrong with her at all a... read mores a leading actress and I can give you 5 names off the top of my head of awful women, that continuously get leading roles to this day, but I'll leave that out of this review.
    That being said, I thought this was really good and very creepy for a mid 70's thriller that feels alittle Brian Depalma lite...which isn't such a bad thing In my opinion.
    Chris Sarandon played such an absolute creepy piece of vile garbage in this, he plays the slimey reptile of a human being perfectly.
    A young Mariel Hemingway plays Margaux's little sister in this, and at her very young age showed you her range trying to understand what she walked in on during the rape scene between Margaux and Sarandon.
    This film also had some of the most beautiful late 70s cinematography I've ever seen for a "Cheap Exploitation film". There was nothing cheap about this film at all and for someone to just pass it off as such really needs their head checked. This film had style and substance to match, it wasn't super over the top and it wasn't boring. This film was a good watch that held my interest and didn't let up.
    I'd recommend this for folks like me who like a good realistic rape/revenge drama that is ugly and beautiful all at the same time.
  • jam233
    July 12, 2009
    jam233
    This movie was panned when it was released in 1976, and I never understood why. I think it's a solid and compelling thriller, well acted by all. Good camerawork, score and direction. Always interesting.

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Eric Henderson
October 12, 2003
Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine

Lamont Johnson buys wholesale into scripter David Rayfiel's dissection of the fine line between image and reality. Full Review

March 26, 2009
Variety

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Vincent Canby
May 9, 2005
Vincent Canby, New York Times

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Roger Ebert
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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Emanuel Levy
June 26, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Philip Martin
April 28, 2005
Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Jonathan R. Perry
April 26, 2005
Jonathan R. Perry, Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

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Geoff Andrew
June 24, 2006
Geoff Andrew, Time Out

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