Alicia I love this movie so much

VividSimon Simply Perfect

VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Freaktana A Major Disappointment

KellenKing Interesting documentary that will spur some new thoughts. I would have liked to see if some of the information given had some specific studies backing it up. There were a lot of very interesting blanket statements that were expected to be accepted as fact. I appreciate when norms are challenged, but I would like some more substance. Also, the structure of the film was extremely disorganized...it was as if the chapters were randomly thrown together after someone picked up the notecards off the floor. Could have been so much more!

Nicole B I began this documentary seeking to be educating about a touchy subject and was deeply disappointed. I won't even qualify this as a documentary. It seems very fake - very scripted. I'm imagining some pedophile sitting in his room and writing the script for this film all on his own as he attempts to justify his attraction to children. The "film" seems to argue that because women reach sexual maturity at a slightly earlier age than men, and because in the past, men and women have historically had sex at younger ages (shorter lifespans) - that somehow pedophilia today, in the 21st century, is justified. It fails to take into account so many things. First, you can't pick and choose how evolution applies to sexual attraction. If all attraction was completely natural, and it was all about reproduction, we would all be heterosexual and men would be attracted to big, round women. This is not the case because social norms, beliefs, values, and life experiences also play a role in what someone finds attractive. Just because a woman completes puberty around the age of 16 doesn't mean it's okay for a 40 year old man to want to have sex with her. Often, age & size = power, coercion is a factor. Another issue, sexual/physical maturity is not the same as mental maturity. If someone is still young, and inexperienced, and doesn't know what they want, and is seeking validation (as many young people today are) it becomes incredibly easy to manipulate them. This entire film is very one- sided, and every argument is easily rebutted. If you want to amaze yourself with the kind of stupidity that is able to make it's way into the "educative" genre of film, then go ahead and watch. Otherwise, don't even waste your time.

J C "Are All Men Pedophiles?" demonstrates the separation between people who are attracted to children (pedophiles), people who are attracted to infants (infantophiles), and people who are attracted to teens (hebephiles). It is on the last group that the film eventually focuses on. From the minute you see the cover featuring an attractive underage female model, and then are presented with biblical and historical evidence of men's desire for young pubescent girls the film is leading you to it's desired conclusion. You are expected to come to the realization that you (you thought that young model was attractive right?) and just about everyone else currently and throughout history has been attracted to young teen age girls, therefore you should accept hebephilia as a part of society or you are a hypocrite because you are in fact a hebephile as well.Here's the problem with that. The film doesn't really take into account the rights of the young females in question. So what if you can prove that all men are attracted to young girls and it has been a part of human culture for thousands of years? There have been many things that have been pretty common throughout human history and prehistory. Slavery and unequal rights for woman come to mind. We can and have began the process of moving past these relics from the past and age of consent laws are also part of our progress as a civilization. Even if all men can be shown to be attracted to young teen girls, it still does not mean that it is in the interest of the girls. Just as most people can be proved to want more money, it doesn't mean that we have to allow them to steal it from someone else.In the end though, whether you agree with the point of this documentary or not, it is misleading and attempts to fool the viewer into adopting the desired opinion of the documentary's creator. The clever marketing also plays into this by saying that this is "the most controversial documentary ever made" and setting people up to be accused of not having an open mind if they disagree. The documentary says that there are two sides to every story and it presents you with two sides: You agree or you are a hypocrite. The truth is that there are more than two sides to every story and this documentary attempts to hide or discredit those sides that don't conform with it's goal. This documentary is not objective and I would advise anyone who watches it to be sure to keep their mental guard up against the false choices this documentary cleverly presents.

deelsteelin Editing: 5 Narrative: 5 Research/Content: 4 Production: 5Demand on Viewer: Moderate-High (mature/difficult theme) Overall: Very needed for discussion Pedophilia is both a dangerous and widely misunderstood phenomenon. How to make sense of it? Such is the task of this remarkable film, one of the unsung successes screened at the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival.Director Jan-Willem Breure bravely swims upstream against conventional wisdom in this close and fine-tuned examination of human sexuality and the complex body of knowledge under the simple heading "pedophilia." With interviews of professionals in the field as well as perpetrators and victims of pedophiles, a solid and wide-ranging portrait of this fascinating problem is painted. Among some of the more thought-provoking lines: "Mary was 12 or 13 when she had Jesus" and "Pedophilia (the post-pubescent kind) will eventually come to be accepted." The best distinction this film makes is that pre-pubescent children and post-pubescent children are dramatically different, and should be categorized as such when trying to understand the biological phenomena of sex, including readiness for sex as well as attractiveness to (normal) opposite sex. The number 18 is shown to be an arbitrary starting point for legal consensual sex. Consider the following analysis from PRWEB on this film: We live in a society that condemns pedophiles, though biological instinct and world cultures throughout history suggest that an attraction to adolescents is as natural as it is unavoidable. The fashion industry on the one hand sexualizes ever-younger girls while those who act on these instincts are reviled. According to Jan-Willem Breure, the apparent hypocrisy at the heart of society forces the question: What do we mean when we talk about Pedophilia? Are All Men Pedophiles?Where do you draw the line? Your answer might be blurry after seeing this well-made and thought-provoking visual essay. Thanks to JDIFF and the screening team for allowing this one through, it was edifying and provoked much discussion afterward. This film proves that only rational thought, not following the herd morality, can lead us to better, safer, more compassionate humane world.Edward Ober - paperblog