I just watched this movie and was like wtf after the 1st minute. How can something like that be legal? Deprivation of liberty, abduction, being drugged against their will bc they were rebellious teenagers due to their parents' failure at the only job they had - sucessfully educating their kids? 'Guards' living out their sick fantasies of dominace, rape and oppression while ppl are having breakdowns requiring professional help? This is everything that's wrong with humanity atm and this hierarchy bullshit is reminiscent of the ones in dictatorships. I was so close to throwing something at my tv..... BTW, I'd like to have known more about the history of Sophie and her parents and their decision. And then there's that pointless violence were camp habitants are beating others up with sticks while everyone else is watching.....violence is no cure! These teenagers need love, care and stability instead. And rape isn't entertaining, I'm sorry. Ppl leaving that camp are more disturbed and traumatised than before. The camp leader is as misogynistic as his co-workers and selfish. As a documentary, the movie would have been more effective if its goal was sheading light on 'boot camps' that could never have had any legal ground to exist. A documentational approach would have spared unecessary drama and repulsion.
Review by corny E+:=BlockedParentSpoilers2016-02-07T23:18:03Z
I just watched this movie and was like wtf after the 1st minute. How can something like that be legal? Deprivation of liberty, abduction, being drugged against their will bc they were rebellious teenagers due to their parents' failure at the only job they had - sucessfully educating their kids? 'Guards' living out their sick fantasies of dominace, rape and oppression while ppl are having breakdowns requiring professional help? This is everything that's wrong with humanity atm and this hierarchy bullshit is reminiscent of the ones in dictatorships. I was so close to throwing something at my tv.....
BTW, I'd like to have known more about the history of Sophie and her parents and their decision. And then there's that pointless violence were camp habitants are beating others up with sticks while everyone else is watching.....violence is no cure! These teenagers need love, care and stability instead. And rape isn't entertaining, I'm sorry. Ppl leaving that camp are more disturbed and traumatised than before. The camp leader is as misogynistic as his co-workers and selfish. As a documentary, the movie would have been more effective if its goal was sheading light on 'boot camps' that could never have had any legal ground to exist. A documentational approach would have spared unecessary drama and repulsion.