Dakota Fanning Tackles Sex Abuse in Controversial Role

I think someone should take that Oscar and shove it up her mom's -expletive deleted-.

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I hope this doesn't mean we'll be seeing some of South Dakota.

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That's sick. To think that a mother would subject her daughter for the sake of an award. It's called child pornography, and if a pedophile can get off on a scene like that why would a normal person want to pay to watch it too? One would assume scenes like that would be banned for children that young. Don't we have laws for that in this country????

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Being the mother of beautiful little girl I think her mother is a disgrace!! No child no matter how old or how famous should be put in a situation like that! That is the problem with society today parents are not allowing the children, to be a "child" who cares if it is Oscar worthy!!!

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That is sick.

Hello, pedofiles? Have we got a film for you!

And for those who are not pedofiles? You will be one by the time the movie's over.

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Who is the actor that does this to her? And what is worng with him? (I know nothing actually happens but still, why would you agree to a scene like this!)

Why would you even consider this on film. You can show things leading up to the scene but don't have to actually show the event.

Sick. Just Sick.

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I was just sickened to read this. I thought the link would be about "The Lovely Bones". I'm sorry but to allow a 12 year old to do this is a form of abuse in and of itself. Ms. Fanning is a wonderful actress, a true artist. There are limits to what a 12 year old should be allowed to endure or portray for the sake of art.

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I feel sad for the actor who plays the rapist. How awkward that must be when they stop filming.

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Sometimes showing the full horror of a situation can turn an otherwise good movie into an important film. This sounds a bit like Bastard out of Carolina which allows real victims of abuse top see that they are not alone. Seeing how other people deal with tragic situations can be cathartic to people who have been in these situations. In holocaust movies, it is not "fun" to watch naked prisoners being led to the showers but it is an imortant part of what happened. I applaud Dakota for taking such a huge risk, and see nothing wrong with her mother allowing Dakota to choose her own roles. Dakota Fanning is a great actress and has been brilliant with her choice of film roles in the past. I'm sure this will be no exception.

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As an individual who survived extreme sexual abuse as a child, reading this just brings back so many horrible memories. I would hope that the filmakers at least had the sense to have some sort of psychologist present. I have no words.

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its called ACTING and its not REAL. get a life and stay at home and watch nemo.

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We need to remember she's been in this business most of her life.

She's seen other actors do these scenes. She's capable of making decisions herself and likely things this is a good career move.

Sure, she's only 12. But she's probably more savvy to all of this than we are. And I'd imagine it's mostly her decision.

Odds are she knows what happens to most child stars and wants to try to distinguish herself before she ends up only to make news for running away with a hair dresser twice her age or rolling an 11 year old Saturn.

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Sexual abuse should not be something swept under the rug or ignored like the red headed step child. It's happening as we speak to innocent kids around the world. While I don't agree with the "comments" the mom said (because we know how the media likes to spin to sell)it's a tough subject to tackle. I suppose those would have to see before they prejudge.

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"That is the problem with society today parents are not allowing the children, to be a "child""

that's THE problem with society today?

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I agree with dollpenguin.

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Ms. Fanning is a highly accomplished actress, even for her young age. I think it's probably a very good thing for her career that she's taking on such a role, not only for her professional life, but also because she's putting out a very important message, one that perhaps may save another 12 year old girl from being abused in the future.

Just my $0.02

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That's bizarre!!! As if the movie wasn't strange and edgy enough already.

--RC of strangeculture.blogspot.com

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I don't remember such a fuss being made when Jena Malone filmed brutal rape/abuse scenes in "Bastard Out of Carolina" . . . at the age of 10.

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Oh, so we need to be reminded that child abuse is bad? We also need an explicit scene to drive home the point? Who's the audience for this movie? Ignorant soccer moms? recovering Paedophiles? Special Victims Unit cops in training? Who?

Does Dakota's mother think that unless she has an Oscar now her career will not survive? The child has 50 or more years ahead of her to make films.

Just because she has grown up making films doesn't mean that she has to be pushed into a harrowing scene that is orders of magnitude above anything else she has done to date. Cutesy family films or fantasy monsters don't count. Even the movie where she was kidnapped was nothing compared to this.

If the description of this film is correct, anyone involved will soon find out that controversy alone will not sell tickets and that the Academy will shun it for fear of creating monster parents abusing their child actors even more than they do now. Does anyone see Leno or Letterman interviewing the kid about this film as they do now? I predict that it will backfire so badly that poor Dakota will have to wait until she's 21 to make a comeback.

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Pedophles dont need movies like this. They already "get off" on anything the want (Cat in the Hat). Its disgustingly presumptive to assume this just a kiddy porn movie.

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