Review of Loving the Bad Man

I really don't understand why this film attempts to center around its lead Julie, as she has no agency whatsoever in the film. Julie is the victim of a violent sexual assault resulting in a pregnancy that she carries to term and a son she opts to raise, but the main conflicts center almost entirely around the men in her life. It cries for sympathy throughout for her abusive victim-blaming father and some weeb coworker that has a crush on her, but it plays a tiny violin for her abuser. This nauseatingly tone-deaf film suggests the most important followup to a life altering attack from a stranger is to keep your attacker's baby, pray a lot, and then coddle him in prison to help him find God, play family by giving him access to and info about his biological child, and temper every one else's cope without ever processing your own pain and struggle. Lead is a very sweet girl with the emotional and mental maturity of a 12 year old.