Caught this David Schwimmer film. Just goes to show the market for films is getting smaller. A movie like this just can't find a place today on the big screen. Its demographic is too narrow, its subject matter isn't broad enough, its story doesn't have enough appeal.
Film's about a 14-year-old girl who gets duped by an online chatfriend. The guy poses as a 20-year old college student but when they finally meet up at the mall, he's closer to 40 than 20. Why the girl doesn't run right then and there is mind-boggling. The guy smooth-talks her to a motel room and has sex with her.
The movie then deals with the aftermath of the incident, particularly focusing on Clive Owen's inability to come to grips with the attack. His life is turned upside-down and becomes obsessed with finding this attacker even though they don't have a single piece of information about him.
Most troubling is the fact that the daughter wants to protect this online stalker, convinced that they are in love with one another.
Film, like THIRTEEN and HARD CANDY is hard to watch due to its subject matter.
I would not have greenlit this project at all. There's simply no payoff. The material is too raw and is simply not entertaining.
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