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41% Critic Match
Sixteen
“"Mercedes McCambridge is Ma Irtley. Threatened with salvation... Her daughter ravaged... Her son seduced... That's what $8,000 got the Irtleys!"”
4.1 / 10• 1972• 1h 36m•R• English
Drama
Storyline
Hickspoiltation film from the early 1970s ostensibly starring Oscar nominee Mercedes McCambridge, but really more a film looking for an excuse to show off Simone Griffeth's beauty. She plays a daughter of a swamp family. The whole family goes to a carnival where she is seduced by an older male performer, while her teen brother is seduced by an older female performer.
Cast & Crew
Mercedes McCambridge
Mother
Lead
Ford Rainey
Father
Simone Griffeth
Naomi
JL
John Lozier
Bruvver
BF
Buddy Foster
J.C.
Beverly Powers
Carmelita
PG
Peter Greene
Jake
Parley Baer
Reverend
What People Are Saying
2.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lawrence Dobkin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Sixteen is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
