This film has its reasonable share of unsettling scenes and imagery, and Deer ought to be commended for portraying all of it with such delicacy and confidence. Remembering these past events through the perspective of a kid is never easy, but Deer oversees to preserve a level of brutal honesty, without ever utilizing any excessively exploitative symbolism. The fact that she lived through numerous of these incidents herself as a child adds to the genuineness of the film. The script throws a lot at the film itself to deal with but sometimes it doesn’t give the story or characters enough breathing room between scenes. This is one of the rare cases where a slightly longer runtime would improve the film greatly; adding just a bit more movement between tumultuous scenes would make the emotional transitions even more effective. But nonetheless, it’s pretty solid throughout.