It's a good movie to take a nonpedophile friend to see, because it trots out all of the cliches about pedophiles/pederasts, and then goes beyond those cliches. I've seen it twice now; it's the sort of movie I would have enjoyed watching even without an interest in the particular topic matter, because it makes character growth a source of drama. The NC-17 rating is ridiculous, unless it was based on an earlier version of the film. I've seen PG-13 films that had more sex than this one.
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