Disgusting movie

Rating: 1/10 (12 March 2005)

We could only watch about the first thirty minutes of this movie, we stopped watching after the evil brother had burned a dog alive with lighter fluid in a burlap sack. I suppose it is a statement about us that we kept watching after the child pornography depiction, after the evil brother beat senseless a teenager twice his size and was only removed from the theater; watching the brother strike his sister with a 4x4 timber on the head, which should have killed her; seeing his sister's bruises (child abuse) from her pedophile father. Perhaps we are wimps, but this movie is quite disturbing and not what we personally like to see. I'm sure it has appeal to those who are more jaded to the violence to which we have sadly become accustomed.
I find myself agreeing with the critics in panning this movie and cannot understand the viewpoints of those who find this movie watchable. But I do respect their right (and mine) to voice an opinion.
On the other hand, the mechanics of the movie (acting, cinematography, etc.) seem to be quite good.