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Did the aunt sexually molest Charlie?


Sorry, if this is an extremely stupid question, but I fast forwarded through a lot of the film and must have missed the explicit explanation. I heard Charlie say his parents were "told" by the doctor what the aunt had done. Do I presume right?

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Sorry, if this is an extremely stupid question, but I fast forwarded through a lot of the film and must have missed the explicit explanation. I heard Charlie say his parents were "told" by the doctor what the aunt had done. Do I presume right?


No. Charlie's trauma came about from playing too much Monopoly with his aunt. That's the big reveal.

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Charlie's trauma came about from playing too much Monopoly with his aunt. That's the big reveal.


So THAT's what happens when you play the game to its conclusion!


Glad I never went that far

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Yes, it's covered more in the book. I didn't expect it at first as I thought he was sad she died getting him a present and he already lost his best friend Mike.

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He tells Sam that "the same thing she went through happened to him" i.e. being abused by a relative/older friend

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I fast forwarded through a lot of the film ...


If you fast forwarded through the film, why bother watching it at all, and why waste our time asking us to explain it?

Reading Cliffs Notes is not the same as reading a book either.

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