How come Chrissie got off scott-free at the end of the movie? No matter how justified she was in killing Mr. Stuart, surely she would have been convicted of manslaughter, at least?
sharePerhaps you are right but then again he did rape her sister which sort of made her actions justified. In today's court she would have probably been charged although I doubt anyone would have forced her to do any jail time.
shareWell, we don't really know if she did get off scott-free. Unless you are looking at a version with a different ending than mine the last thing you hear in the movie is Chrissie's lawyer (who has apparently switched sides to defender her) giving her closing argument to the jury about why she should be aquitted. The movie ends and we are left to our own devices to ponder what the verdict should be..., but we are never told it.
shareWell, we don't really know if she did get off scott-free. Unless you are looking at a version with a different ending than mine the last thing you hear in the movie is Chrissie's lawyer (who has apparently switched sides to defender her) giving her closing argument to the jury about why she should be aquitted. The movie ends and we are left to our own devices to ponder what the verdict should be..., but we are never told it.
How come Chrissie got off scott-free at the end of the movie? No matter how justified she was in killing Mr. Stuart, surely she would have been convicted of manslaughter, at least?
In the context of Lipstick, the acquittal goes beyond law's boundaries. The feminist theme running through the narrative (as arguable happens in various films defined as rape revenge) showed the importance of issues regarding women at the time, such as legal justice for rape, needed to be addressed.
"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not".
It would have made more sense if she was found not guilty by reason of temporary insanity instead of being acquitted outright.
shareI didn't like that final scene. I think it would have been more poignant if they didn't read the "not guilty" verdict and left it up to the viewer to contemplate what they think of vigilante justice and how justified or not it is. Most viewers would come to the conclusion what she did was at least partially justified and would want her acquitted. But the way that was stuck on the end like a need little bow just was one more instance of the whole thing having an after school special feel at times.
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