He spanks her for no reason when she was Brushing the sister's hair and he hits her with the buckle gee. And she doesn't even cry oh yes. That would hurt
No sé si es peor la mamá o el padrastro, ambos son unos monstruos, el tipo es un abusador psicópata, y ella aparte de infiel aún sabiendo de los abusos que recibía su hija, sigue con el tipo hasta el final de la película 😡😡
So many, many children are abused und hurt often because they were not wanted. And this is why a ban on abortion is so dangerous. Countless children are born into toxic, abusive environments where they are not welcomed. Not been born often would be the most humane choice for them. Just imagine the physical and mental pain this child went through. HEARTBREAKING😢😢😢
What’s most disturbing about this movie, is that in real life… real people subject their real children in movie roles like this. Absolutely disgusting and I don’t see how it doesn’t fall under child exploitation. Roles with children involved like this need to be stopped entirely.
People are commenting on how obviously wrong it is to choose a man over your child, but what also needs to be addressed is how shitty single mothers are treated, and how that encourages abusive relationship dynamics over being single. They wouldn’t feel like they need to rely men as much if they were treated better and provided the resources to raise their children on their own, without suffering so much stigma from others. Especially back then.
I cried watching this movie. I still couldn't believe her mom still chose that abusive r@pist over her first loving child. I'm a bit glad that at least she's with her foster parents now who understands her.
Can you imagine how awkward this movie was to film. Like, I think Ron Eldard is cute and all but damn, at 10 that would be so uncomfortable shooting the spanking parts. And then the part where hes assaulting her 🤦
Watched this with my mom and my sister when it came out. I remember my mom and sister screaming and crying at the screen during one particular scene. I had to leave the room. Very well made, but it's not a pleasant film to watch.
How could this mother be so fucking clueless, damn.. Love really blinds ppl. Your own child u abandon for a man. And in chases like this when the mother gets old they run back to kids for help. And wen the kids dont they gulit trip the kids. Shame
This is a very tough watch. Very good though for raising awareness. I was abused as a child physically, s**ually, and mentally. It’s important to show people this happens all the time.
I haven’t seen this movie since I was a kid back in the early-mid 2000s. This movie came out 2 years before I was born and I randomly thought about it today. No child deserves that and the mother failed, point blank. I cried almost on every scene just because of how strong Bone is. If I died and I had kids and their mother found another man and he did that to my kids, I would hope God and Satan would be able to compromise for this one request and give me a reservation to the boiler room in hell so I could avenge my daughter.
Somebody needs to rewrite that ending it totally sucked!! Woman stays with man that beat and raped her daughter and guy gets away with it. I wish I never watched it!! Ugh!
The momma was highly "SELFISH & DELUSIONAL".. Putting her own needs b4 her innocent sweet babies needs... I do understand she wanted the best for her and her girls; she jus went about it allllllll wrong.. .. She meant well GOD knows she did; i jus couldn't shake da fact of her kept rushing n2 relationships blindsided and expecting different outcomes (oxymoron)... ... . Major REDFLAG her momma and all her brother's was absolutely against her marrying Glenn; but dey couldn't stop her bc her mind was made up...Overall Outstanding movie , yet definitely sad at da same time.. Jus my opinion only
I saw this movie as a child because my mom was watching it and I was right next to her pretending to be asleep basically but it really traumatized me and I think I mentally blocked it out because of that. Like when someone explained it tiktok then I realized that I have seen this but at first I had no recollection. After watching this I just feel sick. My heart sank into my stomach. Just so horrifying for her mom to choose that horrible man over her own child. He did such unspeakable things. I am horrified.
One of thee most horrific movies I’ve ever seen hands down coming from an abusive stepfather and all that that entails the fact that the mom left her child for him is truly disgusting in so many ways
At the 38 to 39 minute mark… traumatized me seeing that even as an adult and as a father of two little girls makes me so scared… God keep all children safe from these awful monsters!!!!
I hate the mother more than anyone.. She’s a selfish idiot. I have children and no one would even dare look at them sideways. Never about the pure torture bone went through.
How can any woman, a mother etc. just forgive a man who brutally beat and grape a child!? How desperate can you be to say you got a man. But not to acknowledge their backwards of what they did. How!?
This movie broke my heart when I first saw it growing up and as A adult and now a mother myself I could never allow my daughter to go through anything like this