Ms. 45

Name: Ms. 45
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: April 24, 1981
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 62

1981

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Drafthouse Films | Release Date: April 24, 1981 | X

Summary: A shy, mute seamstress (Zoë Lund) falls victim to multiple unspeakable assaults, igniting her one-woman homicidal rampage against New York City’s entire male population.

Director: Abel Ferrara

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: X

Runtime: 80 min

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TV Guide Magazine Staff [Not Credited]

Ferrara's gritty and powerful style makes Ms. 45 a standout. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Ferrara blows up the everyday threat of harassment and violence against women into a magnified force. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

It's hard to imagine Ms. 45 with any other actress. Lund is a particularly effective avenging angel, easily making the leap from innocent mouse to worldly wise killer. Read full review

Staff [Not Credited]

By keeping the picture short and busy, Ferrara makes its far-fetched elements play. Read full review

The Playlist Kevin Jagernauth

Ultimately, Ms. 45 is far more interesting and genuinely enjoyable (versus ironically enjoyable, as many of this vintage grindhouse flicks wind up being) than it has any right to be. Read full review

Janet Maslin

Abel Ferrera...has a tin ear for dialogue and an evident penchant for ludicrous material. But beyond that, he is clearly a talented fellow. One can only hope he finds something else to make movies about very soon. Read full review

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Deanomite

Jan 23, 2020

From 1981, a very early study in female sexual harassment. Opening scenes show models being bothered as they walk down the street. The rape scene was brief and terrifying, like the guy was making an atm transaction, to see someone's life shredded so fast like a car wreck, boom she's aFrom 1981, a very early study in female sexual harassment. Opening scenes show models being bothered as they walk down the street. The rape scene was brief and terrifying, like the guy was making an atm transaction, to see someone's life shredded so fast like a car wreck, boom she's a different person. From then on she only lives to hurt others.… Expand

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Broyax

Aug 3, 2020

J'ai cru un instant qu'il s'agissait -encore- de l'habituel film de vengeance après un viol (cf les Spit on our grave...) les habituels films de ce genre étant si médiocres et si prévisibles qu'ils en deviennent souvent bien ridicules !

Or, fort heureusement, il n'en est rien, car la "MissJ'ai cru un instant qu'il s'agissait -encore- de l'habituel film de vengeance après un viol (cf les Spit on our grave...) les habituels films de ce genre étant si médiocres et si prévisibles qu'ils en deviennent souvent bien ridicules !

Or, fort heureusement, il n'en est rien, car la "Miss calibre 45" ou l'ange exterminateur des salopards tient plutôt de la justicière dans la ville avec ici de nombreuses touches d'ironie et d'humour noir ! ce n'est pas "balance ton porc" mais "flingue ton porc à bout portant et vide le chargeur"... Evidemment, les moyens sont plutot limités ici et l'usage de peinture rouge n'est pas forcément au point... mais ça fait le boulot.

Ce petit ange est bien entendu à croquer et incarné par la ravissante Zoé Lund qui ne moufte pas mais n'en pense pas moins... Avec son capuchon, on dirait le petit chaperon rouge qui se balade en ville et qui flingue à tout va, voire se met à déraper quelque peu ! Efficace et assez féroce, le film pâtit néanmoins de sa musique criarde jazzy qui vrille les oreilles... La plus grande qualité de cette descente dans la violence est de montrer avec une grande justesse une fille brisée qui a carrément pété les plombs. Un portrait très humain finalement et plus touchant qu'il n'y paraît, une belle surprise.… Expand

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