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whathehell

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4. I felt very much the same about it, Fla Dem..
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 01:45 PM
Jan 2017

Very sad, and, in my opinion, over rated...The acting was good, but some ellements bothered me. I did not like the OVER dwelling on 16 year old sex, either.
As to the parental attitudes displayed, the boy's uncle knew about it, but part of the "joke" was that the kids were always trying to keep the girl's mother from finding out, so I don't know how much "acceptance" we were supposed to infer. If you're an "old fogey", I must be too, as found the film's "take" on these kids sex lives irresponsible and too cute by half. Frankly, I didn't like the nephew at all...I found him to an obnoxious smartass who was way too arrogant and disrrespectful of his uncle. Had I been Lee Chandler I'd probably have sluggd the kid. This isn't the first time I've been turned off to a movie, largely because of some noxious, disrespectful kid who is supposed to be "adorable".

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"Ars gratia artis." yallerdawg Jan 2017 #1
Excellent review and excellent warning as well... Docreed2003 Jan 2017 #2
Thanks. Fla Dem Jan 2017 #3
I felt very much the same about it, Fla Dem.. whathehell Jan 2017 #4
The core of the movie FigTree Jul 2017 #5
Yes, the movie was depressing. There was no way to shake it question everything Sep 2017 #6
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