From the beginning I was enchanted by this movie. I was worried over the story line as I'm rather sensitive to films about kids being abused so I was getting ready to be upset by it but the assured directing, the wonderful naturalness of the acting - not to mention the balanced story telling settled me down. The fact that the Father and Mother weren't monsters but ignorant with misguided principles based around fear of the outside world helped me to get over my initial worries and I ended up thoroughly enjoy it. It's rare I give a movie over 7.5 but this one absolutely deserves the 8. In fact I would like to give it 8.5 but the IMDb system doesn't allow it.
