richardmedvescek Ms Streisand got screwed again...should have won an Oscar. Yentl, Prince of Tides and The Way We Were.

Benedito Dias Rodrigues l watched this picture for the first time in early 1991 on television and more twice after that,now a first time on DVD this could be a good movie if Streisand didn't spoiler the movie with a bad behavior and every time leading on trial and disrespecting everyone on the picture..that's impossible to happen on courtroom...mainly the subject is wrong...in a court didn't have defense attorney and prosecutor in the same side,besides that the story is good,telling a high class prostitute accused by a murder in self defense take on trial your defense attorney declare insanity to escape of prison so your past is discovered she was molested by stepfather since 9 years old and you mom knew everything...by the way the casting are fantastic in special way Richard Dreyfuss as always!!

BreanneB I think that this movie is excellent. Barbara Strissand and Richard Dreyfuss are the best acts. I'm going to get my own d.v.d. of it. I also liked the costumes, production, directing, script, photography, plot, storyline, and realisticness and fantasy.I think that Claudia was right to stand up for herself the way she did. She was not incompetent of standing trial or assisting in her own defense. She could have used some outpatient therapy, even she realized that, but she did not need to be in a mental hospital. If there is anybody here who does need to be it's her parents. Think about it, her mother let her stepfather abuse her for years and her stepfather bathed her until she was 16 years old. The only reason she killed her john was out of self-defense. If she had not tried to protect herself he would have killed her.This was a brilliant film to bring to the screen. This type of movie does not come around very often. Also the judge made the right decision by releasing Claudia on her own recognizes before and during her trial.

michaelhasenstab This film is one of those old-fashioned, court room dramas that unfolds a mystery about the protagonist (Claudia Draper), played by Streisand. She is an expensive call girl who comes from a wealthy family. Why is she a prostitute? She kills a "john." Why did she do this? Is she nuts? Can she stand trial? Is she capable? What is with her family anyway? It's a well written, Freudian drama with acting that is solid all the way through. If you have no problems believing, as some narrow minded folks do, that this actress is pretty or sexy enough to be paid for sex, then you just might get hooked into this picture. It's not terribly shocking--no one is eaten alive and there is no gore or hard core sex going on. If you're looking for that, it won't happen. Streisand and Richard Dreyfuss, who plays her court appointed attorney, play well off each other. Karl Malden and Maureen Stapleton are just plain good. I watch it every year and I enjoy it immensely.