Was Emily abused?
When I was watching this movie, I kept getting uneasy feelings that maybe Emily was being molested or abused by Charlie. Obviously it was the director's plan to make us think Charlie was the neighbor or even the cop, but I felt that the remarks by these men towards Emily being "beautiful" and "pretty" were a little inappropriate, and thus making me question abuse. Obviously when we find out who Charlie is, I really hoped this was not what the director was trying to connote, however sexual abuse by a father really isn't unheard of. I guess it was just a combination of the older male characters (the neighbor and the policeman) and their comments towards Emily, and the way the camera kept showing Emily's vacant look on her face in many scenes, I just kept questioning if this was a subtle hint at sexual abuse.
I've only watched this once, so I could be way off. But it was just an uneasy feeling I had while watching the film.
Did anyone else think this might be the case?