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Pretty Good

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

fantastic film, what a great child young actress she was... martin sheen is a full on scary dude in this. i was really not expecting it to be such a great film, some may argue, but foster's performance in this movie rivals taxi driver. and martin sheen should have made heaps of films as a bad guy, because he is excellent, and brings the horror in a plain creepy way, but never over the top. this is a top film for film lovers of thrillers & horror done in a subtle way.this is a must see

Watched this film from 1976 and true it was a decade and period that was good for horror films, still this entry called "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane" to me falls more into the suspense mold. The build up is slow and the plot is a little hard to follow with interest and much of the characters life and happenings appear to be in secret. In one of Jodie Foster's early roles (in fact this was the same year of her stardom role of "Taxi Driver")she is Rynn a young girl who lives in a seaside old resort house with her very reclusive father. It appears she's all alone or is she? Is something down in the basement? Her neighbors(note: Martin Sheen plays one of them) suspect that Rynn is dangerous and hiding secrets and they make appearances trying to set her free from this isolated world. However word of warning don't go down in the basement cellar. Overall this film is off beat considered a cult like film of suspense and drama it's twists and turns will keep you the viewer guessing.

13-year-old Rynn Jacobs is a girl very smart for her age, but lives totally alone, aside from her beloved hamster, in a little house in a small Ontario/Quebec town. She has to endure the harassment of the landlady and her pedophile son living nearby. Her only means of avoiding the foster care system, cops and school is to kill. The soundtrack was my favorite part of the movie, it just somehow fit, creepy when it was supposed to be and at times almost whimsical, even romantic. Rynn meets Mario, a high school part-time children's entertainer (Mario the Magician). He can't be in sports like his brothers because of a condition with his leg that makes him walk with a limp. When he finds out about Rynn's murders he still remains best friends with her, even her lover, 'till the end. I actually read the book before viewing the film, the film follows the plot very closely. The Canadian small-town atmosphere was a great choice for the film, with the dark and dreary clouds and rain and charming houses. Martian Sheen pulled off the very convincing and disturbing role of Frank Hallet, the adult son of the landlady who is secretly a child molester. Rynn Jacobs' part and Mario's part were both done extremely well, and the cop, too. It's an excellent film, if you ever get to see it you'll love it.

If anyone has seen "The Bad Seed", well this movie right here makes it looks like a kids' movie. It's a bit of a horror/romance/thriller movie that has plenty to entice. Jodie Foster does a magnificently well playing Rynn Jacobs, a girl from England who lives in a very big house with her father. Who, is not present at this time. Nosy neighbors, (Martin Sheen and Alexis Smith) wonders where is Rynn's father. Another person who is a policeman (Mort Shuman), who is rather curious as well checks on Rynn. He doesn't trust the Hallets. When Mrs. Hallet dropped by to get the jelly jars from Rynn, she demands to speak with the father. So when she goes into the cellar to get the rubber seals, she screams in terror, only to get herself killed by the heavy door. Later, she meets Mario(Scott Jacoby), who happens to be the policeman's nephew. At first, they have a small rift, but when he gets rid of Frank Hallet (Sheen) for killing Rynn's hamster, they ended up liking each other. Other than Frank's mother, Rynn's mother is in the cellar. Turns out that Rynn has poisoned her mother because she has been very abusive towards her. And her father carried himself off at the beach after he bought it for her. This girl may have been a minor, but she's adult enough to handle the world on her own. Eerily as it speaks, this movie was awesome. A little more hardcore for Foster than in "Taxi Driver", a thriller with attitude! 4 out of 5 stars!