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Actor David Schwimmer has directed an R-rated film that every 13 year old should see. If some parents are skittish about this they should see it for themselves. It might scare them into reconsidering. With a frank approach, the intense drama deals with sexual predators on the Internet. It understands how teens use new media to communicate. It understands how pedophiles use new media to exploit them.

Annie (Liana Liberato, TRESPASS) is 14. She hasn’t had a boyfriend yet and even feels awkward around other girls who talk openly about sex. She meets a boy from California on the Internet named Charlie (Chris Henry Coffey, THE INTERNATIONAL). He plays volleyball like her and really gets her. They text, chat and talk on the phone constantly. At first he says he is 15 then in college then he is a grad student. She asks him why he keeps lying to her and he always has the right answer. When they finally meet, she is brought to tears when it is clear that he is well into his 30s. But he says, “I’m still Charlie.”

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