A Reason to Believe (1995) as 'Sharon' Alone for the weekend and feeling frisky, popular coed Allison Smith goes to a wild frat party, drinks herself into a near-stupor, and is raped by one of her boyfriend's fraternity brothers. What follows is a series of sequences that could have been designed to illustrate an instructional piece on the repercussions of date rape. Smith blames herself. Her boyfriend blames her too, believing his frat buddy's claim that she really wanted it. Campus feminists urge her to press charges. Campus conservatives rant about "lesbo Nazis." Righteous professor Obba Babatunde discusses utilitarian philosophy. We're on that road paved with good intentions -- the best! -- and it's a long and rather tedious one. |
