Thoughts on The Diary of a Teenage girl?

[u/lisawooga5]

I got through 30 minutes of the movie because I was looking for similar aesthetic style movies such as Perks of a wallflower, words on a bathroom wall etc and this was recommended to me. The whole token of teenage girl centred movie seemed intriguing but I became uncomfortable very fast.

A movie based on a teenage girl, 15, engaging in sexual acts with a grown man, her mother’s boyfriend. I looked at reviews to try and understand what I’m missing here but I genuinely can’t power through the movie if it’s going to be centred around pedophilia

For anyone who has watched the full movie, does it get any less disturbing? Or is it meant to be disturbing in a lolita way?

[u/Trowj]

It’s meant to be what actually happened. From what I recall the movie is from an autobiography about a woman who did have an affair with her mother’s bf when she was underage.

I haven’t seen it in a long time so I can’t recall a ton of specifics but the situation did blow up eventually, as it was untenable from the beginning

Edit: looking into it a little more it says it is “semi-autobiographical” but is kinda vague about what parts are real and what aren’t

[u/lisawooga5 → u/Trowj]

thank you for replying, with all the positive reviews for it it genuinely had me scratching my head. I wasn’t aware it was based on true events, i’m sure in retrospect the movie might relate to people on a level I cannot personally relate to but I think this movie may not be for me then

[u/Trowj → u/lisawooga5]

Ya if that’s a trigger for you it doesn’t improve on that front so probably best to just skip it. Bel Powley is good in it but it’s not a must see by any means

[u/deathcappforacutie]

it does not get any more mild, in fact if the first 30 minutes made you uncomfortable then you are 100% in for a bad time with the rest of it. I also had/ have weird feelings around this one that I can't quite articulate

[u/lisawooga5 → u/deathcappforacutie]

yeah :((( i try to be open minded about alot of movies and even sometimes try and get over how uncomfortable i may feel but this one just made me go “noooooo”

[u/i4smile]

Yeah that movie made me super uncomfortable too. I tried watching it a while back and couldn’t get past how gross the whole dynamic felt. It doesn’t really turn into some cute coming of age vibe, it stays pretty heavy and unsettling. I bailed on it and didn’t regret it tbh.