Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Blake Rivera If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Cody One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

MartinHafer While this is a very important story, I sure felt uncomfortable watching "Girl 27". It was NOT because the film is about rape but because HOW the film was made that really bothered me. Let me back up a bit and explain: Back in the 1930s, a young woman, Patricia Douglas, went public after being raped by an MGM employee during a studio-run party. However, for some reason, nothing ever came of the case. Why? Because MGM was the most masterful studio when it came to covering up crimes--and the Douglas rape was NOT an isolated incident. While the film never mentions it, the studio 'clean-up crew' sanitized crime scenes and the truth will never be known about such scandals as the suspicious deaths of Jean Harlow's husband and Ted Healy and others.This rape was a horrible thing...simple horrible. However, I also felt that the filmmaker, David Stenn, was a simply horrible person. What right did he have churning up the past the way he did? For example, another similar rape victim was dead--so Stenn went to the woman's son and talked about this!! Think about it---a stranger coming to you and telling you he wants to talk about the time his mom was raped!! Then, with Patricia Douglas, she was NOT initially interested in talking with him but he admits relentlessly pushing her--calling her, sending her flowers and even showing up at her home to get her to tell her story!! It seemed like he was stalking her. In many ways, this was like he was victimizing these folks all over again--especially since Ms. Douglas fought him for some time until she finally agreed to the interviews. He should be ashamed of himself. Sure, rape is EVIL--but so it profiting from others' misery and not allowing them silence if that is what they choose. Jerk.As far as the rest of the film goes, it was a mixed bag. Although much of it was interesting, much of it also was direction-less and poorly constructed. For example, TONS of interviews were used with irrelevant sources. One of these was Peggy Montgomery. Although she did some work as an extra as an adult, she was the biggest child star of her day and interviewing her seemed out of place other than her talking a bit about the hostile environment in Hollywood for women. Also, he interviewed Loretta Young's daughter about her parentage (it turned out she was Clark Gable's illegitimate daughter--which she discovered late in life). But WHAT DO THIS HAVE TO DO WITH PATRICIA AND HER SAD STORY?! Sure, both situations did have a bit to do with the Hollywood propaganda machine--but so what?! There was also one interview, though somewhat interesting, which also seemed inappropriate. The filmmaker interviewed the children of an MGM employee who lied at the Douglas trial. What bothered me is that his kids admitted he lied but then made some excuses for this. Sick and unnecessary in some ways--and a way to re-victimize Douglas.Overall, while this film said it was about the atrocious actions of MGM towards Ms. Douglas, the film seemed much more about Stenn and what was good for him and his career. A sad, sad thing to force a woman to talk about her rape in order to make a film. Entertaining but awful as well as morally suspect.

nancytribe This is in response to mravenwud's comment. You say that "girls are incredibly naive about men's sexuality" and that "they should not let themselves be left alone EVER in a place where there are men drinking". Why are you placing the blame for what happened to Patricia Douglas on her own shoulders? Are you saying that men are all naturally rapists, and that if women don't guard themselves carefully, they can expect to be violated? That does a disservice to both men and women, in my opinion.Attitudes like this are part of the reason why it is so heartbreakingly difficult, even today, for people who have been raped to come forward with their stories. Patricia Douglas didn't do anything wrong. She didn't "let herself" get raped-- she WAS raped.

shark-43 I was glad to see that many of the other comments felt like I did - that this was a very compelling story - a story that should be brought to light, but that it is very badly handled by the inexperienced filmmaker. Now David Stenn is a talented writer and my friends who devour Hollywood biographies speak very highly of his (I believe he's written about Clara Bow and other big Hollywood Golden Era stars) and it is interesting how he came across this awful scandal that was covered up by MGM but he seems to not trust the power of poor Ms. Douglas' story and I actually was cringing with the horrid decision to add Hollywood movie clips of women being shaken or slapped or pushed down (from various fiction films) - as Ms. Douglas begins to tell of the actual sexual assault and how it destroyed her - the forced clips almost seemed to parody what was happening (which I am sure is the opposite effect the director wanted). The way the story is told, the way he films a lot of the interviews - it is just amateurish. I read the article Stenn wrote in Vanity Fair and that is much more complex and fascinating than the film. Hollywood truly had the power to sweep all of its dirty secrets under a large rug and this story is a perfect example of that. Ms. Douglas was a very brave woman to even try and stand up to MGM but of course they crushed her with newspaper lies and huge powerful law firms. The film is still worth watching because of the subject matter but as far as documentary skill - it truly fails.

jfarrell777 GIRL 27 follows writer David Stenn in his search for vanished 1937 rape victim Patricia Douglas. To watch this elderly woman -- with fierce wit and total recall -- break seven decades of self- imposed silence and give the only on-camera interview of her life is just jaw-dropping. You won't forget her, even though MGM tried ruthlessly to make sure the world did. Also loved all the ultra-rare film clips (some unseen since the 1930s) and inclusion of other hushed-up MGM scandals. The depth of research is staggering here -- Stenn proves every point with eyewitness accounts or damning documentation. Not sure why another post claims Stenn hijacks the film, since he disappears once Patricia Douglas is found. (And give the guy a break, "Cool As Ice" was directed by David Kellogg and shot by Janusz Kaminski, so they've all done better since...) Don't miss this one. I'm still haunted by it.