Terrific film and I feel it has many complex messages.
Not least, due to Streep's fantastic performance, it should help genuine abuse victims.
It also helps victims of false allegations or assumptions.
But I thought it was not actually about abuse but about homosexuality; I thought the real situation was a gay boy getting support, understanding and sympathy from a gay man - no abuse, no intent to abuse, no "grooming"...
Remember, in that era (I actually remember the original release of Blame It On The Bossanova) homosexuality was a crime as well as a sin.

But there are many more nuances and messages in this cracker of a movie. So beautifully written.

sounds very interesting- is it out?

Yes; just opened... my brother went to a preview last week and loved it too.

Don't flame me - I am only giving an opinion but I thought the film was awfully bad. The acting was top notch throughout but I found the storyline totally lacking in any real substance and I hated the baseball bat in the face use of metaphor (feathers, lightbulb blowing, window opening, crucifix scene just to mention a few). I am stunned that people actually liked this film, I cannot find much saving grace at all. Some of the speeches were beautifully written as was some dialog but overall the film really didn't say anything new to me nor did it draw any emotion other than boredom.

I probably would enjoy it as a play but not a film. This type of script doesn't lend itself to the big screen at all and it made me feel cheated out of a couple hours of my life.

It's very much a film provoking extremes - the reviews went each way too.

Yes, I have to agree there. The Marmite of films and I hate marmite.