"The Hunt" (an Oscar-nominated film focused on a false allegation of child sexual abuse)

WhackABaka · 2015-01-04T15:41:32+00:00

It's a great film, and the acting is phenomenal. It's just so damn hard to watch because the whole time you keep thinking, "My god, this could happen to anybody, even me. My god, this DOES happen to people, all the time." There is not an unrealistic scene in the whole movie.

MasterMachiavel · 2015-01-04T16:59:22+00:00

Danish cinema usually is superb, and it is no less true here.

McFeely_Smackup · 2015-01-04T19:26:41+00:00

"Doubt" is another great false accusation movie, starring Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

I found it funny when discussing the movie with people, and reading reviews of it, how many people came away thinking the priest got away with molesting a child...when if you actually pay attention to the movie, the accusation was 100% the mental creation of a nun with an axe to grind and nothing else to even suggest it.

2015-01-04T22:12:35+00:00

Mads is a brilliant actor.

hmspain · 2015-01-05T00:59:00+00:00

Very hard movie to watch; I wanted it to be over, and for the truth to come out. Reality is, no matter what, the accused remains convicted. I wanted him to "lawyer up", but then I'm thinking like an American I suppose.

Thank you #SomeGuy58439; without this post, I would never have seen this movie.

CellularPeptideCake · 2015-01-04T17:19:52+00:00

It really was fantastic. I was afraid throughout that it would shy away from the message and include some kind of extenuating circumstance excusing the lie or the reactions to it, but not so. Really horrifying and a great ending.

chocoboat · 2015-01-05T07:58:57+00:00

Speaking of movies involving false accusations... what did you think of Gone Girl?

I enjoyed most of it, but the ending was so bizarre and out of left field, I couldn't take it seriously at all.

Deansdale · 2015-01-05T09:38:44+00:00

Many praise this movie but I think it's overrated. Or, maybe, it's just 20 years too late. In our current climate nobody should be as stupid as the protagonist in the movie, passively drifting with the waves of bullshit meekly accepting it most of the times. The first rule of getting falsely accused is to immediately and vehemently deny, stand your ground, counterattack. The second rule is that if you can't win, bail. Leave the community of nitwits and find a new life somewhere else. In real life there is no salvation, no second chances in closed communities.

The movie itself is slow, predictable, boring in some places, and embarrassing at others. Before the completely unnecessary final plot twist it seems to salvage some semblance of being an okay movie, but the ending utterly ruins it. I'm not a sucker for happy endings but after ~90 minutes of pure depression a little light-heartedness would have been welcome. The movie's only real positive is that it's brave enough to tackle this subject.

Title	"The Hunt" (an Oscar-nominated film focused on a false allegation of child sexual abuse)
Author	SomeGuy58439
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Date	January 4, 2015 12:32 PM UTC (11 years ago)
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