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Title: A touching story that should be watched
Review: Other reviewers have given the plot synopsis, so I'll spare that. But this is a wonderful movie about a controversial subject--intimacy between a teen and a an adult. Paul Dano gives an excellent performance and a very believeable one. (He is a handsome young man too.) On the surface, people may miss the point that this movie is really about friendship and not sex and gives a redeeming quality to the older man (Brian Cox). This movie is not to edify pedophilia, or make it okay. But what is wrong with with caring relationship with another human being that doesn't have to focus to sex? I'm glad this film was made to present another reality of life that really exists. I gave this movie a 4.5 which isn't possible by this rating system, but decided not to round up. The only thing I didn't like was the Hollywood ending--why does someone always have to go to jail and/or die to make a movie? Definately an under rated film that should be viewed.
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