No Child of Mine (TV Movie 1997) Poster

(1997 TV Movie)

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Sex & Nudity

  • A man accuses another man of "shagging" his school-aged daughter, but fails to report the apparent abuse to the authorities.
  • A young girl is sexually abused by her stepfather and at one point, her own mother.
  • A man prostitutes his young daughter.
  • A young girl is raped by a social worker in a group home she is placed in.

Violence & Gore

  • A girl is locked in a closet by her mother and stepfather as a punishment for telling on them about abusing her.
  • Multiple scenes of rape, paedophilia and abuse (see 'Sex & Nudity').
  • A girl is seen cutting her writs with what appears to be glass or a sharp rock of some sort. A red welt is briefly seen on her arm when a teacher tries to stop her.
  • A man smashes the glass of his ex-wife's window in anger and attempts to beat up a man who has been accused of molesting his daughter.
  • A girl frequently tears her bedroom apart and throws things, knocking down furniture and ruining her own belongings.
  • A young girl is slapped by her mother.
  • A young girl is thrown down the stairs by her mother which lands her in the emergency room.

Profanity

  • Several uses of swearing, phrases like "bloody hell", "damn" and "little bitch", many uses of both sexual euphemisms and terminology, words like "vagina", "sex", "pimp".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Adults drink at an evening party while a young child is in the room.
  • A young girl is shown smoking a cigarette.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The main character is forced to undergo a gynecological examination against her will. This scene is quite sudden and upsetting; the character is held down by doctors while she screams and begs them to go away.
  • The scenes in which the main character, Kerry is sexually abused and raped can be quite disturbing to some people.
  • This film features many disturbing and depressing scenes.

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Sex & Nudity

  • A woman states that her daughter (who is under thirteen years old) has had a miscarriage. It is implied that this is a result of her stepfather sexually abusing her.
  • A girl is invited to play a seemingly innocent party game with her parents and some of their adult friends. At first, the game is harmless, but the girl becomes visibly uncomfortable when she is then asked to remove a man's underwear as a joke. The other adults make comments about the man's genitals in front of the girl.
  • A girl develops a crush on her teacher. While the teacher is not a pedophile and tries to explain to her that it is inappropriate, it is suggested that the girl doesn't understand boundaries after having been molested for so long at home.
  • A girl is coerced and eventually joins a pimp, offering "services" to people.
  • The film's ending explains how the main character eventually sought help and found a safe place to escape her molestation and abuse. She is seen sobbing and vomiting as she recalls the details to a counsellor.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The self-harm scene may bother some viewers.

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