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I believe sexual abuse/any abuse is a serious matter and I am very sympathetic for anyone who has suffered from abuse. However, this film is not about other Angela Sheltons in the country, it is about the filmmaker Angela Shelton and her suffering. She uses other women to support her own suffering and to justify her pain which is extremely narcissistic, as this discredits all of the other Angela Shelton stories. The filmmaker constantly cuts other women off in the middle of their sentences in order to "one up" their stories. The documentary is very choppy and hard to follow-she throws in photos of herself in dramatic poses, sometimes even sexualizing herself (very ironic considering the point of the film). When Angela meets women in the South with very southern accents, she changes her accent dramatically--when she speaks to the camera about herself, she has no accent whatsoever, what's up with that? The women who she interviews have some great words and advice to give, but it seems to constantly be discredited. There was one point in the film where one of the Angela Sheltons tells the filmmaker that she'd given her the best day of her life and changed it in a very significant way, the filmmaker explains that her words were nice, but she wanted HER life changed... I was really irritated with the filmmaker Angela Shelton. She seemed very inconsiderate and did not know how to produce a film.

I didn't have high expectations coming into this movie, but when I left, I decided this was one of the best films I had ever seen. This is certainly Nolan's best work. The acting is exceptional, the story line is mind-blowing, and the action is fantastic! Nolan's film kept me on the edge of my seat the entire 2+ hours. The last hour of the film has to be the greatest theater experience I've ever had. I saw Inception twice, as I heard you will get more out of it the second time, which was very true. If you are unclear on some things the first time you see it, go again! It's even better the second time. You will be thinking about this film days after you see it, and probably have some very intense dreams. 10/10