The dialog between the child and adult main character was an excellent tool. The fact that Jennifer had an otherwise normal upbringing, wrote that essay, and appears to have kept a diary was invaluable. The scene in which Jennifer abuses a student while abusing herself psychologically and realizing the difference between a normal sexual development and her own is a harrowing but important scene. A few criticisms--the first half of the movie was too slow and dwelt too much and redundantly on her career. Worst to me was that the script changed identifying details. For child sex abuse stories, the identifying details are essential to the reality. If you publicly confronted them and they had so many victims, then why do you have to tell an altered story? To get your film produced. A documentary would have been more appropriate. Also, the movie glossed over the trauma, suggested it, hinted at it, apparently to make the movie more palatable to a wider audience. While realizing everyone's experience is different, the movie didn't adequately reflect the trauma.
