Also... I find it interesting how although some people here said in reply that the "r word" matter isn't necessarily THE worst one in the world, although it definitely does make most civilized people's top 3 worst offenses ever, they still went out of their way to talk about how terrible and troubling it is but also reveal many paradoxical aspects about the human nature overall.
But I am also guessing the OP probably just finds the subject overall incredibly uncomfortable and unpleasant and has a kind of taboo phobia towards it and thinks that a film like this especially that portrays it so strongly and explicitly relies on shock value and makes the whole cinematic experience unbearable and thus worthless.
Many obviously disagree but to the OP it feels like the reality they are most comfortable with.
Although many would rightly say that in art including cinema, there IS a place for disturbing material including sexual violence as well and that they do have a right to exist in a disturbing art medium sort of way.
Even so...
Since we are also discussing the film here. It is really not enough and far from any type of great criticism to suggest that just because a film features any kind of particularly troubling material then the film is bad and worthless. And it would be nice if the OP could perhaps comment on film's other elements like acting, direction, script, story, cinematography, cinematic effectiveness etc, soundtrack et all rather than be negatively fixated with one subject and then reject the film completely.
Oh and as I said before. "THAT subject matter" has been around in films ever since the silent era of cinema and has been for decades ever since. Just like murder and other forms of violence were. And, differences of opinions aside, they survived, became classics and were admired and appreciated by millions of entirely normal and intelligent audiences and critics around the world for decades on end. So...
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