Where this film went wrong
Too much of actually following the Script, editing, and quite possibly director. Clearly acting isn't the problem. It's a shame, a lot of juicy content but not quite filtered properly. If only to turn back time. The angles showing character emotion are the only time that we actually feel something and unfortunately that isn't enough. There's also too thick of a story to really get involved because of how rushed the scenes are. This is the type of movie a person can't leave the room, without missing a part of the story. Too much.
Maybe it should have been broken up. The fact is, I should feel really bad about the rape scene, but because i had no connection to the character, I am feeling bad but somewhat disconnected. There are all these movies they are redoing nowadays, and at least half of them don't need to be redone let's be honest. Someone should redo this, because it could ignite fireworks. But it was only a sparkler, because of how oddly edited and focused it was. The story jumps yet is sharp, like someone who is trying to cut you off in bumper to bumper traffic. You sort of shake you head and accept it, yet say to yourself, " really?, that necessary?".
Poignant scenes, which there are many, are not enough to make it good. I repeat REDO.