Awful Normal
by Celesta Davis
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Actor: Celesta DavisDirector: Celesta Davis
Brand: Cinequest
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 75 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-12-05
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Cinequest
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DVD Review: a stunning film...'results' are not always as perceived...
Summary: 5 Stars
I normally don't address opinions put forth by other reviewers -- and when I do, I try to do so with respect and tolerance, which is the spirit in which I'm writing this.
The review below labels this with a 'yawn', and found it boring and pointless...? Anyone whose life has even been touched by sexual abuse -- either personally, or through a loved one being victimized -- will understand the amount of courage it took for Celesta Davis and her family to go through with contacting and confronting the man who abused her when she was a child. My best friend is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse -- I've seen courage in her over the past 9 years that has amazed me. I'm proud to call her my hero.
Rather than being a fictionalized and sensationalized piece of 'Hollywood entertainment', AWFUL NORMAL is a well-made, deeply moving documentary that pulls no punches. Confronting one's abuser -- either immediately or after years of suffering the effects of the abuse -- is one of the most emotionally shattering, painful moves a survivor can make...and one of the most empowering and healing. It doesn't matter if the resulting confrontation isn't an ultra-dramatic scene involving the offender throwing himself on his knees in front of her and begging for forgiveness -- the sheer act of the survivor finding the strength and courage to open up and speak about the abuse publicly is a big step in closing old wounds.
The film shows the entire painful, painstaking process -- making the decision to find the abuser and make contact, wavering between courage and despair right up to the last moment, tearful, open-hearted discussions between Celesta, her mother and her sister. No punches are pulled, and no attempt seems to have been made to falsely portray courage or resolve that wasn't there 100% of the time.
This is a brutally honest, powerful and important film -- and as important as it was for Celesta to make the decision to confront her abuser, then to follow through on such a daunting task, it's just as important that this film be seen widely, so that more people can understand just how much damage can be done...and what courage it takes to heal. Maybe then we'd hear fewer people say callous things like 'Oh...she just needs to get over it.'
Please. This wasn't meant to be 'entertaining'.
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