Diary of a Teenage Girl (The)

Oooh this sits uncomfortably upon a throne of thorns...a comedy/drama about paedophilia!

Consensual, sexual child abuse...between a 15 year old girl and her could-be step-father.

Seemingly, this is based on a true story...well, call the authorities, this man deserves to be punished (as does the mother...knowing it and not reporting it).

Flower-it-up, call it a sexual awakening...it's still abuse.

Basically, this is a film about sexualising young people...still children, in the eyes of the law. Now we've got that off our chest...

Minnie is a precocious girl...in every unpleasant way imaginable. The kind of child that would make you not want to be a parent. Played well by Bel Powley...she does irritating, aggravating perfectly.

And that's the problem with the film, apart from the over-looked child abuse...she's horrible. Her mother is horrible. Her lesbian lover is horrible. Her sister is...need we go on?!?

Yes...Alexander Skarsgard as the reprehensible could-be step-father...not only horrible but, seriously, miscast. Ooooh those scenes when he plays 'vulnerable' - no, they just didn't work.

Everything about this film is pretty good, apart from the characters and storyline. It's imaginative, it's creative...it's hugely unenjoyable for most...(parents).

Rebellious, pill-popping, sexually experimental plain girls will love it...for they are about to find out the extreme power they have between their legs. Now, isn't that about the most vile statement you've ever read...well, that kinda sums up this film.

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