best i can explain this movie is it’s “Lolita” ( 1997 )
and “House of Tolerance” ( 2011 )
in one movie …
except it precedes those movies by decades and is completely it’s own thing
the movie is less sensationalist than “Lolita” or “Tirza” ( 2010 )
but despite trying to be light hearted bordering on comedy in the end it is equally soul crushing …
by the end of the movie i had completely forgotten that 12 year old Brooke Shields was completely nude in multiple scenes because honestly that isn’t the disturbing part - the disturbing part is just the sheer nihilism of the world painted by the film …
in that sense it is almost like Aniara ( 2018 )
in fact i can definitely see similarity between these films …
needless to say i recommend “pretty baby” …
a more descriptive title would have been “absolute soul crushing horror masquerading as child porn masquerading as a comedy” …
i already feel bad for making @marlon watch it LOL