A cynical cash in of a book that was written, cynically, to cash in on certain notoriety, by a man in a already excellently paid profession. Inappropriately rated as PG-13 in the US & just as inappropriately rated as 12A in the UK...The people responsible for this should either get their heads examined or stop taking bribes imo. Let's make one thing clear: The rape scene is just that. A Rape Scene. It does NOT classify as "implied" on any level. A bit of a look & the touch of a belt buckle is "implied rape" - this movie goes WELL beyond that (the director actually wanted it to be MORE graphic still). There is NOTHING worthy of learning from watching this movie that can't be learned from a less offensive and more balanced source. Do yourself a fav & don't garner this junk with your attention. If you want to discuss rape with your offspring then, by all means, do so...don't leave half the job to these bozos! Rape is a horrific thing and (though, thankfully, I've not experienced it first hand), it is my feeling, that in order to convey the level of horror it brings with it to the youth, depicting it visually is not the way to go. Imo, the info should be put across verbally & it should be left to the mind to process...the mind can imagine & fill in the horror of it infinitely better than any film. I, personally, find the existence of this movie to be an insult to any poor 12 year old who might have gone thru this type of terrible experience. An awful movie.

The movie was not that great. I wept over the book, I was thrilled to find that they made a movie. When I saw it it was like "this is IT??" I was highly disappointed in the lack of emotions in this film.