I found this film described as a socially conscious, real life depiction of at risk youth in the U.S. An important film that people should see. Raising awareness to underage sex trafficking etc etc... I fully agree that it's a cause for concern. But this film? It's not about these things.
Every character in this story is a sexual predator, a junkie, a sexual predator junkie, a victim, a pimp, or a generally unreasonable person. There was one guy who was just a brothel thug. He murders people, but is still a moderate compared to the shitty Mom, her rape'y friends, the emotional parasite boyfriend, the pimps, the non-stop horde of psycho johns... It's just non-stop phobic stimulus. A realistic depiction in a "worst case scenario for everybody all of the time" sort of way. There's nothing for the viewer to really invest themselves in. You know that this thing is going to end with dead people and a lot of crying.
I'm also seeing an obnoxious amount of fake reviews on this page. It's tacky misrepresentation and a major contributor to the lousy score I'm submitting.
+1 star because I can't start at "zero" +1 star for marketing well enough to actually reach me. +1 star for being awful enough to elicit this review.
Every character in this story is a sexual predator, a junkie, a sexual predator junkie, a victim, a pimp, or a generally unreasonable person. There was one guy who was just a brothel thug. He murders people, but is still a moderate compared to the shitty Mom, her rape'y friends, the emotional parasite boyfriend, the pimps, the non-stop horde of psycho johns... It's just non-stop phobic stimulus. A realistic depiction in a "worst case scenario for everybody all of the time" sort of way. There's nothing for the viewer to really invest themselves in. You know that this thing is going to end with dead people and a lot of crying.
I'm also seeing an obnoxious amount of fake reviews on this page. It's tacky misrepresentation and a major contributor to the lousy score I'm submitting.
+1 star because I can't start at "zero" +1 star for marketing well enough to actually reach me. +1 star for being awful enough to elicit this review.