Warning: Spoilers - Discussion of the ending
This movie is important in that it shares how sexual assault is dealt with -or not dealt with- in this day and age. This is always a sensitive topic with me since I went through something similar to Mandy. 10+ years later and I'm still dealing with it. It doesn't ever go away and seeing things, such as this, is a 'trigger' for any woman who has been a victim of sexual assault. We flash back to that moment and relive the event nearly every day. It's important for everyone to know it happens and way too often and that 99.9% of the time, nothing will be done. There will never be justice. It's a very sad reality. We also don't have the energy nor emotional strength to go through the long & arduous task of trying for years to bring someone to justice only to have them see zero punishment for their crimes.
So, the part that I was confused about is the ending. The video shows Tyler and Mandy flirting and then we hear them kissing and then having sex. I'm confused because Mandy wasn't passed out at this time. We can see them flirting. We don't 'hear' her say "no". To me, even as a victim of multiple assaults, it doesn't seem like a sexual assault -at that specific time- took place with Tyler. Perhaps it harkened back to a previous video which shows Tyler doing something beyond what we hear. Perhaps I missed something. So, in the end I feel like there was no closure and I was left with more questions than answers. But it honestly doesn't seem like -from that final video- that Tyler assaulted her. Thus I am really confused...
This movie is important in that it shares how sexual assault is dealt with -or not dealt with- in this day and age. This is always a sensitive topic with me since I went through something similar to Mandy. 10+ years later and I'm still dealing with it. It doesn't ever go away and seeing things, such as this, is a 'trigger' for any woman who has been a victim of sexual assault. We flash back to that moment and relive the event nearly every day. It's important for everyone to know it happens and way too often and that 99.9% of the time, nothing will be done. There will never be justice. It's a very sad reality. We also don't have the energy nor emotional strength to go through the long & arduous task of trying for years to bring someone to justice only to have them see zero punishment for their crimes.
So, the part that I was confused about is the ending. The video shows Tyler and Mandy flirting and then we hear them kissing and then having sex. I'm confused because Mandy wasn't passed out at this time. We can see them flirting. We don't 'hear' her say "no". To me, even as a victim of multiple assaults, it doesn't seem like a sexual assault -at that specific time- took place with Tyler. Perhaps it harkened back to a previous video which shows Tyler doing something beyond what we hear. Perhaps I missed something. So, in the end I feel like there was no closure and I was left with more questions than answers. But it honestly doesn't seem like -from that final video- that Tyler assaulted her. Thus I am really confused...