It's all a matter of maturity and interest, Mr. Diamond says. His daughter, who is 18, has no desire to see it, but Nathan, who is a huge movie fan, pressed him until he relented. This way I was with him. We laughed at parts, knowing it was fake. He's a good kid, and he knows it's not real.
Some parents take their kids to R-rated movies.
But the potential results concern Joanne Cantor, professor emeritus of communication at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. My book talks about nightmares that last years from this kind of movie. Ms. Cantor recalls one such interview with a college student who never got over seeing The Silence of the Lambs , the movie that preceded Hannibal . They're psychotic and don't care about anything. They like to play with your mind and drive you crazy.