Five Corners
1987 · Movie · R · 94 min · ★ 5.9 · 73% critics
In a Bronx neighborhood in the early 1960s, a disturbed ex-con returns home and begins fixating on the woman he once attacked. As fear spreads, the people around her are forced to weigh protection, revenge, and the cost of refusing violence.
Also known as 5 Corners
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Details
- Years
- 1987
- Release date
- 1987-09-11
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Max quality
- SD
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 (67 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy offbeat, character-driven urban dramas with menace and dark humor, somewhere between Killer's Kiss and Panic Room; Not for you if you want a tight, straightforward thriller.
Pros: strong performances; tense atmosphere; vivid period setting | Cons: uneven subplots; tonal shifts; messy final stretch
Themes
- prison
- new york city
- rape
- alcohol
- love
- theft
- bronx, new york city
Cast & crew
Jodie Foster
as Linda Komkowski
Tim Robbins
as Harry Fitzgerald
Todd Graff
as Jamie
John Turturro
as Heinz Sabatino
Elizabeth Berridge
as Melanie
Cathryn de Prume
as Brita
- MH
Michael R. Howard
as Murray
Pierre Epstein
as George
Jery Hewitt
as Mr. Glascow
Rodney Harvey
as Castro
Directed by Tony Bill