Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic

1975

Action / Drama

6
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 742 742

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Plot summary

Finding herself unable to cope with the divorce of her parents and the stress of daily life, 15-year-old Sarah Travis starts drinking in secret. At first, alcohol provides comfort and release. Then it sends her life spiraling out of control.

Director

Richard Donner Photo
Richard Donner

Top cast

Sheila Larken Photo
Sheila Larken as Vice Principal
Linda Blair Photo
Linda Blair as Sarah Travis
Mark Hamill Photo
Mark Hamill as Ken Newkirk
Kathy O'Dare Photo
Kathy O'Dare as Glee Club Director
720p.BluRay
154.95 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
12 hr 16 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by fredrikgunerius 6 / 10

A fairly satisfactory dissection and portrait

Linda Blair gives an accomplished performance in a challenging and at times awkward part as Sarah, a 15-year-old girl who desperately tries to hide and diminish her increasing alcohol dependency. The film treats alcoholism as an illness, not a symptom, which is rather refreshing considering the year of production. Although, claim the filmmakers, her ailment is also not unlinked to her social life and character traits. The picture offers a fairly satisfactory dissection and portrait, even if Alcoholics Anonymous seem to have had a little too much influence on the production, and the predictable ending isn't quite worth the wait. The early scenes in which Sarah interacts with her classmates and her boyfriend (played by a young Mark Hamill) work generally better than the tussles within her family. Directed by Richard Donner - one year before his major breakthrough with The Omen. Michael Lerner is fun in a smallish part as Blair's psychiatrist.
Reviewed by Captain_Couth 5 / 10

Childhood movie number 4. Linda the lush.

Sarah T. (1975) Linda Blair is in deep trouble again. This time she's a teenage lush who can't keep her nose out of the bottle. What's scary about this one is that she's eerily credible as a drunk. The cheese factor of Mark Hamill keeps this picture from earning any real credibility (one scene has Luke Skywalker crying like a woman, watch out Star Wars fans). Well, it was pretty funny watching ol' Skywalker pour on the water works. Other than that (sans Mark Hamill) it's a good film about young alcoholics. Recommended.
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