Entstellt - Die Geschichte der Marla Hanson

This is a fairly well made docu-drama of the story behind the Marla Hanson knife attack that caught the attention of all New Yorkers including myself. Marla, played by Cheryl Pollak is a girl from the midwest who comes to NY to try to make it in modeling. We watch as she struggles between pounding the pavement following up agency ads and her job as a waitress in the old Grand Central bar/rest.Just as her career appears to be taking off she is brutally attacked by two of New York's ever-present gutter rats at the behest of a psycho Marla had befriended and tried to break loose from.This was a minor media even at the time and proved to be a disadvantage for Marla as you will see in the Trial sequence of the movie. The movie is gripping and well acted and I found myself, as I did when the event happened, sick to my stomach.All decent New Yorkers wish Marla well wherever she is...........I rate this movie a 5 of 5

story of Marla Hanson, a beautiful model who is stalked and ends up being knifed by her stalker..she later takes him to court to end her torment...based on a true story..is shocking in the story of stalkers and their victims..released close to the time when actress Rebecca Schaeffer was needlessly murdered by a stalker which helped change the laws not only in California but throughout most of the country and brought the issue out in public 6 of 10

A narcissist aka a model is assaulted by a junkie and this story makes major headlines? This whole story is suspect and they could have used that time and energy to report actual REAL events.

Anyways... The movie is boring. Stale. And empty.

I'm not sure why such a story Recieved attention and a boring movie. Many women go through stalker events so where are their movies? I'm pretty sure their stories are way more interesting then this boring empty movie and story which I think is hash.

Please don't watch this.

I was unaware that this film was based upon a true story so judged it purely on its merits. The subject matter of a beautiful model disfigured by a rejected suitor is pretty unsettling. Somehow the soft focus photography and background muzak never quite work with the subject matter.

Kirk Baltz plays the psychotic stalker well, and his motivation is well observed.However the attack is shown briefly at the start, reprised two thirds of the way through the film and then the courtroom drama becomes the final act. The balancing of this does not work and might better have been told from the courtroom.

Cheryl Pollack makes a decent fist of the title role, but ultimately this is formulaic routine fare that never rises above that standard.

This is a movie to remind you to be careful of your surroundings, and not to trust everyone! If your landlord is harassing you get the hell away from him! The money he owes you, take his ass to court! What you don't do is meet him in a dark alley for payment!