an ( allegedly ) accurate account of what happen when heiress patricia hearst ( natasha richardson ) be kidnap by a terrorist group . they brainwash her and she end up help them commit crime . plenty of people have go on and on and on ( and on ) about the politics of the movie . i can not really comment on that since i be only 12 when she be kidnap and know little about it . i saw this movie with no preconceived notion about whether it be true or false or if the politics be accurate . so ( a a movie ) this fail badly . it flatly direct and badly act ( except for a few exception ) and have a script that have some of the dumb line i have ever hear . all the revolutionaires ideal come across a extremely questionable and i actually start to laugh when ving rhames start spout off about it . this be not to say that rhames be bad ( he be actually pretty good ) but the line he give be just utter drivel . the only good thing about this be richardson . consider she have nothing to work with she incredible . she convincingly fake an american accent and hearst pain and confusion and terror come through . still and her acting can not save this terrible movie . this bombed in 1988 and have since sunk without a trace . i hear that hearst herself saw it and hat it . this really isn not worth your time . skip it .