Humanly and morally repugnant

Rating: 1/10 (6 March 2007)

I believe that humanity and morality of a movie are valid aesthetic and artistic criteria,and among the most important . My rating of this movie reflects the fact that I find it repugnant. The rating is reinforced by the fact that it is technically so well made: garbage is bad but garbage in a pretty dress is even worse. Why do I find it repugnant? I need only mention the real hero of the movie, and the character portrayed most sympathetically--- the Grandpa: a lascivious, promiscuous, foul-mouthed, coke-sniffing out-of-control addict, foisting vulgarities and teaching his under-age grand-daughter inappropriate dance moves. Didn't YOU get totally sick watching the little girl trying to perform lewd dance moves like she is a hooker? Middle-American values of clean families, striving for success, and yes, even beauty pageant for girls may be limited but they are still infinitely better than the stuff of this movie. And more beautiful!