Pretty Baby 1978 Starring Brooke Shields Portable -

Beware of YouTube uploads or random file-sharing sites. Because of the film’s controversial nature, many "free portable" versions are low-resolution VHS rips, often truncated or edited. Worse, some links are malware traps. For a clean, legal, portable copy, the Amazon or Apple route is your best bet.

Set in 1917 New Orleans, the film transports viewers to the fading days of , the city's notorious red-light district. Shields plays Violet , a 12-year-old girl raised within the velvet-lined walls of a high-class brothel. pretty baby 1978 starring brooke shields portable

The controversy was immediate and deafening. The MPAA gave it an R rating, but many called for an X. Critics were split. Roger Ebert gave it four stars, calling it "one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen." Others decried it as child pornography disguised as art. The flashpoint was the nude scenes of Brooke Shields—scenes that were filmed with meticulous care and a female chaperone present, but scenes that nonetheless placed a pre-teen girl in an impossibly adult context. Beware of YouTube uploads or random file-sharing sites