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Actors: Stephanie Rascoe, John Davies, Steve Fromholz, Lauren Lane
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Positive I.D.
POSITIVE I.D. is a movie written, produced and directed by Andy Anderson in 1987.

Julie Kenner has been raped a year ago and is still psychologically suffering. She repels her husband, takes a lot of tranquillizers and is regularly seeing a psychiatrist. She accidentally learns that it's technically possible to assume the identity of a dead person and finds in this idea a way to recover. She will be most of the time a recovering Julie in front of her husband but also Bobbie King, a gorgeous red-haired woman from Florida, for the customers of Roy Mercer's bar downtown. Meanwhile, Dana, a charming neighbour takes care of her two little girls and of her...husband. One day, Julie learns that her rapist has been released from prison.

Superb performance of Stephanie Rascoe.

--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar




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Plot
Time/era of movie: - 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging Yes
Kind of romance: - inconveniently married while playing footsy
Inner struggle or disability Yes
Struggle with - anger/anguish over rape
Crime & Scandal Yes
Story of - citizens fighting criminals
Taboo Sex Story? Yes
Kind of sex: - rape
Vigilante/Revenge? Yes
Druggie/Wino problems? - drugs
Battle with shrink/bum? - battle with a psychiatrist

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - homemaker/wife
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Unclothed? - Chest
Events of movie makes character more... - aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) average build
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - homemaker/wife
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 20%
Hair color - blonde
Hair type - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Texas
City? Yes
City: - dangerous - rude people
Misc setting - resort/hotel - bar

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel... - thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - kissing - seeing breasts
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Orchestra/classical
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