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Kitten with a Whip (1964)
Painful to Watch
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This movie is, for me at least, completely unwatchable. The acting and technical aspects are just fine, but the story is awful. This film is 82 minutes of John Forsythe's character getting threatened, blackmailed, and screwed over by a bunch of kids all because he tried to help a stranger. Fairly early in the movie it becomes clear that the senator-to-be's best bet would be to just call the damn cops already. Halfway through you'll wish he'd hit "Jody" over the head and bury her in the crawlspace. Just when Ann-Margret's character can't get any less likable, her friends arrive. Yay, more annoying characters with no redeeming qualities.
The closest this movie comes to having any real payoff for the audience is when the two young thugs finally catch up with her in the hotel room looking for some payback. Unfortunately, Forsythe, despite EVERYTHING this girl has done to him, decides to play the hero - and is promptly taken down. The knowledge that all three of the youngsters die in a horrible car accident just isn't satisfying enough.
Not even MST3K made this watchable. The entire movie is some poor b**tard having his life wrecked just because he tried to be a decent guy. Apparently some people actually like that sort of thing, as there are a number of positive reviews for this movie. I personally couldn't stand it.
This movie is, for me at least, completely unwatchable. The acting and technical aspects are just fine, but the story is awful. This film is 82 minutes of John Forsythe's character getting threatened, blackmailed, and screwed over by a bunch of kids all because he tried to help a stranger. Fairly early in the movie it becomes clear that the senator-to-be's best bet would be to just call the damn cops already. Halfway through you'll wish he'd hit "Jody" over the head and bury her in the crawlspace. Just when Ann-Margret's character can't get any less likable, her friends arrive. Yay, more annoying characters with no redeeming qualities.
The closest this movie comes to having any real payoff for the audience is when the two young thugs finally catch up with her in the hotel room looking for some payback. Unfortunately, Forsythe, despite EVERYTHING this girl has done to him, decides to play the hero - and is promptly taken down. The knowledge that all three of the youngsters die in a horrible car accident just isn't satisfying enough.
Not even MST3K made this watchable. The entire movie is some poor b**tard having his life wrecked just because he tried to be a decent guy. Apparently some people actually like that sort of thing, as there are a number of positive reviews for this movie. I personally couldn't stand it.