The kid violence and sex references were disturbing

..the OP is spot on.. this movie glories kiddie porn. period. so glad i'm not the only one that sees this. Plus, the movie is boring too.

..that scene with the boy talking about how the director wanted him in a porn movie coz of his penis was so trashy and discusting. and more pathetic, the scene is played as 'comedy', which it isn't. Shane Black is seriously perverted, demented and sick in the head.


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I don't think you're for real.
I think you're a troll looking to mess with people.
But just in case you are a seriously disturbed human being I just want to say that a lot of what you mention here didn't even happen in the film.
A boy saying he will suck the main characters penises?!
Wtf did you watch?!
What's more disturbing? The content of the film The Good Guys or a person like this who sees sick things that aren't even there?
You have a perverted and warped mind. Stop projecting yourself onto this excellent film.
There's clearly something wrong with you.

The one thing was Gosling's 11 (?) year old daughter being in that stripclub or whatever it was, and talking with the strippers in their changing room. I mean, ok, she's a kid, not even a teenager, and she's talking with naked women in a strip club?

The other was the violence towards her and a girlfriend of hers, at the scene they're in that house, and the bad guy comes in and beats the s--t out of them, and wants to kill them. She even throws her friend out of the window, smashing the glass. And this is not a thriller, which would be ok, it's supposed to be a COMEDY.

And even worst, that bad guy is played by Matt Bomer, who is a homosexual in real life. You'll say wtf does it matter, he's an actor playing a character, but I don't know, the combination of what he does in this scene and being not a random macho actor, but a sympathetic nice gay person who has kids in real life, makes it even worst.

And the most disturbing one was with that boy talking to Gosling and Crow, and says something about sucking their penis, meaning of course he's a boy prostitute. Ok, I get it, this world is not made by rainbows, these sad things exist. But why should we make fun of them? Why should we LAUGH watching a 10 year old boy asking from someone to suck his penis for money?

I don't remember whatever else happens, and I'm really not prudent when it comes to violence and sex among adults, but these kid scenes were really uncomfortable. I don't understand how could someone laugh with them. Again, they were not even teenagers, they were not 17-18 years old, they were KIDS.

It's labeled as "Action, Comedy, Crime." And it's rated R.

You DO know who Shane Black is, don't you? This is the guy who wrote Lethal Weapon. Another movie that isn't action, and it isn't comedy, but it mixes elements of the two.

Just stick to the Hallmark channel. You'll be happier there.

I'm glad OP wrote this post, because this is where we are now as a country . I think you find the attitude toward the subject matter so off-putting because we live in unstable times. Shane Black's script was written in 2001 (probably before 9/11, when it still felt like the 90's). It is a product of that era, in its ironic detachment, and world weary sophistication toward sex and violence, both of you which strike you, I'm guessing, as fundamentally alien and immoral- proof that Hollywood is disconnected from the values of "real America."


But really, it's just for fun. I want to give you advice on how to enjoy this film. I want to say don't look for any lessons , or to take away anything from the film... It's not a message film , it's not Oscar bait, it's not a superhero film with a solid moral at the end. I want to say that, but at the end of the day, it's just a matter of taste.

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Third, the young daughter, sneaks to an adult party her father and Crowe attend to do some investigating. There, she's dressed quite inappropriately for a young preteen and is among people who work in the adult film industry. In one scene, Crowe finds Gosling's daughter lying on the bed next to a porn actress and they are watching a porno she's starred in. The little girl is lying on her back, legs crossed, in her sexy (and it pains me to use that word) outfit, completely engrossed in the film. She very much comes across as a young woman rather a little girl. She's not sitting indian-style wide-eyed. She's completely relaxed, inviting. When Crowe finds her, he doesn't even make her leave or stop watching the film. To me, this seems like the ideal scene and movie for a pedophile. This is something that would speak to them. Not to a normal person with normal sexual inclinations.

Finally, why is this little girl in the movie SO much? She does not have that many scenes with her father. There is no real development, no real arc to her and Gosling's relationship in the movie. Most of the child's scenes are with Crowe and really have a vague romantic feel about it. The way the child speaks to him and her expectations of him and how he responds to her: It feels way more like a romantic relationship rather than an innocent one between a man and his friend's daughter. Why should she expect so much from a stranger? And every time he walks up on her, she's alone. Without her father. In one queer choice, she's alone in a field, sitting cross-legged on the grass. Finally looking like a child. And here walks up Russell. Predator's dream. It reminded me of the speculation surrounding Natalie Portman's role in Louie: The Professional:

She's supposed to be 12 in this film.

I don't know. I really don't feel like I'm reaching. Did anyone who saw this film have any similar feelings? I've just been so disturbed by it. On the surface, it's a good mystery. But it felt more and more to me like one predator's artwork to his circle of predators. I just hate the idea that, here I am participating in this sexual deviancy however indirect. (Well, I did pirate the *beep* so, I'm not that bad.) It's like, if this industry is as deviant as I think or some people think, it really is in the hands of the consumers to see about a change. At the end of the day, money, the loss and gain, is the most powerful tool in affecting change. Thoughts guys? I really want to talk about this.

I thought the Amish weren't allowed to use electronic devices? JK.

I agree. It was disturbing.

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