all i can say is thank you
(to whom is an obviety, and for what would be rhetorical)

I loved this movie. It had many issues but it was worth watching the actors were great and the dialog was superb. I read a couple of the reviews, and some I don't think were relating to the movie but to their personal situation. These things happen in real life but it does not have to control our lives. That is what this movie is about. Moving on.

It allows you to feel and tap into the fact we are all survivors of dark hidden secrects that shape who we are and often limits us in ways that are hard to escape.

It was a sad story... the kind that makes you pray for your children.

I will address these comments by name.Micheal Hardy- This is not just about an alcoholic. You seem like the type of person that would hinder someone's healing. If not, be the type of person that hurt someone. Imagine these people, that are survivors of this, to be someone you care about.Danielle Du Champ- You must be living in a fairytale land where pink elephants fly. There was no emotion or respect for any of the "lovers" from Owen or Sherry. Both are rape victims and have not dealt with it. It was self destruction by Sherry and Owen.Lisa Crowe- I am sorry for all that you have endured. My prayers are with you.This movie, as hard as it was for me to watch, was powerful and emotional. I am a survivor. Me and my sister are still dealing with the nightmares of our past. I vowed the day my daughter was born that I would protect her from this. I am a recluse and choose not to be with anyone. My sister chooses monsters that she can't see. The last one of her monsters raped my baby when she was 12. She is 14 now and still sometimes sleeps with me. That a**hole who took from her left her with nightmares she can't escape. He broke that vow I made to her the day she was born. Death was to good for him. She won't get closure because he killed himself on I-5 Dec. 2009. We will never know why he did what he did. He never loved my sister. Cause if he did, then he would have never f**king touched my daughter.
This movie scares me in a way. I only pray to God that my daughter can see the beauty in her is still there. That the stupid f**k didn't take that away from her. That he didn't take her soul. That her body at that time was just a shell. And when she grows up, that shell will fade. This is what my mom taught me. To some extent it has helped. I don't want her to end up like Sherry of Owen. We talk all the time when she wants to. I am going to let her watch this to open up dialogue with her.Thank you for letting me vent. Great movie again.

Original, powerful, sad and very moving took me some where I didn't really want to go but I hope I'll always remember to be kind to every person I meet, you can't judge people because you don't know what they are surviving.

if you're the type that gets nauseous watching rape scenes, this is not the movie for you.