I see many people having a problem with the age gap, which it is indeed problematic and unnecessary, he could have been closer to her age, plus Joe should be jailed for his actions, but the movie doesn’t portray it as romance nor romantic, let alone something correct, but as coming of age; coming of age for a deeply troubled teenager with religious delusions and a hugely irresponsible mother. Charlotte is longing for control of her life, for stability and a father figure in her life; first looking for said stability in the rituals and traditions of religion, as well as control of her life by choosing said religion herself, instead of something that has being forced upon, like all decisions in her life so far, and being attracted to older men for the later. The movie doesn’t condemn it directly, but for some reason it seems like people want the movies or the characters to talk directly to the camera and condemn these kinda things, instead of letting us use or own critical thinking. Bad things, illegal things, morally questionable things happen in life, daily, not all of them are punished as they should, many of them are normalized, sadly; these things get portrayed in movies as they are in real life, but it doesn’t mean the movies endorse these actions. Random thoughts:
- The movie looks beautiful.
- I forget Bob Hoskins is British.
- Kate probably wouldn’t win a swimming competition in real life, she’s tiny.
- I wonder how many movies depict or talk about JFK’s shooting.
- They left the girls alone in New Year’s Eve. :c