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While the film was critically-acclaimed, it was extremely controversial for its child-molestation-related subject matter. [[Moral Guardians]] in Australia attempted to [[Banned in China|have it banned]], on the grounds that it could be used by real pedophiles to groom children. In order to protect the welfare of the child actors during the abuse scenes, Ellison and Webster had separate scripts from those of the rest of the cast, and were only asked to perform actions such as moving their hand up and down to mimic a handjob, which were then spliced with the other scenes to give the final appearance.
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* [[Asexual]]: Brian is described as one but it's unclear whether he would still be repulsed by sex had {{spoiler|he not been raped/molested as a child.}}
* [[Awful Truth]]: And ''how''.
* [[Banned in China|Banned In Australia]]: Almost. The Family First Party, a particularly meddling group of [[Moral Guardians]] with funding, attempted to have the film banned on the basis that it could be seen as an instructional guide to sexual predators. The OFLC (the censors) promptly told the Family First party to piss off as the film had more than enough artistic merit to it, and soon after placed restrictions on the number of films they were allowed to submit for review. (The same party had tried to have ''[[Irreversible]]'' banned two years previous.)
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Brian finally finds out the truth about his missing memories and inexplicable nosebleeds, and he and Neil may have started some sort of relationship by the end. But that truth is
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Brian, ''so much.''
* [[Coming Out Story]]: Neil tells his at the beginning.
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