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Was Emily abused?

posted 16 years ago by scarylibrary
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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?

[–] Sugarminx 12 years ago

Blimey. I feel sorry for men these days. They aren't allowed to make an innocent comment about a child being cute or beautiful without people screaming 'child molester'.

Bloody hell. What a $hitty world we live in.

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[–] BobFlame 12 years ago

I know , dude ! Isn`t it terrible ?:(

[–] Rayvio 12 years ago

she was psychologically abused certainly, but there's no indication that there was any sexual abuse at all. while commenting on a child being pretty or beautiful seems inappropriate it wasn't all that long ago that it would have been considered a normal compliment towards the parent(s) and child, especially in the case of the neighbour who was still grieving his own daughters death

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[–] BethW88 11 years ago

Those comments from the neighbor were to lead the viewer to believe he was Charlie.

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[–] PenguinCat 9 years ago

I never once thought she was abused. My mind never once went there. If I thought that I would never have bought the movie.

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[–] crissttigaldames 9 years ago

Actually, I've seen first hand how molestation can affect someone's life. A lot of mental health problems, ongoing trauma, in and out of hospitals. I'm sure there are a lot of survivors out there who feel that the multitude of mental, social and other problems caused by their abuse is a lot harder to continue coping with than if they'd been straight up murdered. Sounds morbid but it's true. The effect of trauma can impact your whole life. Maybe you turn to drugs, maybe you become the abuser, maybe you can't have a stable relationship. Sure, you can't come back from murder. But a lot of people never quite come back from abuse, either.

But NO ONE can come back from murder.