i have only just see this movie and it really touch my heart because some of the thing that michelle go through i go through . the only difference be that her step father be my step mother and her mother be my father and the sexually abuse be physical and emotional abuse . ( i do not end up in prison though ) . some parent and for some strange reason and think that their happiness come before their child . i do not understand that . i think that a parent must always believe their child until they find out they be lie and not the other way around . when you have a child you pledge your life to provide for and be there for that child no matter what . there should be no compromise because that child be in the world because of your choice . i think that this movie give hope to those who feel like they have none . it give me some hope that my life doesn not have to be the endless black hole that my stepmother want it to be .