I see all these very favourable comments and high marks and I can't help but wonder what all the people saw in this movie. I mean, yeah, it approaches pedophilia in a very direct way, the performances are good, the directing is good, but most of the film was utterly boring.
One could see the ending of the movie from a mile away and I stood through all the story to find out exactly what the twist will be, but there was no twist, only a sudden closure of plot, a total stop.
My guess is that if the subject of pedophilia would not be such a scary and fascinating taboo in American culture, this film would not have been received in such a (in my opinion) over positive way.
Bottom line: be prepared for some shocking images like pedo, homosexual sex, even rape, and a lot of boring stuff in between. The entire child abuse part is really well detailed as well as the psychological trauma, but that's about it.
One could see the ending of the movie from a mile away and I stood through all the story to find out exactly what the twist will be, but there was no twist, only a sudden closure of plot, a total stop.
My guess is that if the subject of pedophilia would not be such a scary and fascinating taboo in American culture, this film would not have been received in such a (in my opinion) over positive way.
Bottom line: be prepared for some shocking images like pedo, homosexual sex, even rape, and a lot of boring stuff in between. The entire child abuse part is really well detailed as well as the psychological trauma, but that's about it.