Surprisingly realistic characters

Rating: 7/10 (21 August 2018)

I have not read the book. This review is mostly about realism of the main characters of the movie. In some movies I notice that they really well match the logic of real life. E.g after my own divorce I noticed in some divorce-related movies that the scriptwriter certainly has observed very closely how a divorce evolves. I had similar feeling about this movie.
I (a boy) was abused as a sex toy by an old woman in preschool years. Based on my experience the psychological profile of main male character seems very realistic -- yes that's the way one can feel and act after abuse -- request endless weird/cruel proofs of love and still not believe. Also the female character seemed quite realistic -- compassion was driving her into the relation with that quite weird person and at same time she had quite good ability of psychological self-protection so she resisted to falling into that abyss. Of course in the movie everything is amplified.
I guess that one reason why many reviews say the movie is nonsense -- mostly people have not been in such situations (good for them).
I admit the acting could be better :-)