Sundance Movies Cause Uproar

This year's Sundance film festival is anything but glamorous. Featuring controversial films including a documentary about bestiality, a film about the torture and murder of a teen, and a southern Gothic tale that includes the rape of a young girl, which is causing the biggest stir.

According to Canada.com, "Hounddog" is the story of Lewellen, a girl played by 12-year-old Dakota Fanning, who is growing up in the 1960s South. The character is molested and neglected which is causing critics to question the use of such a young star in the film.

Even before the first screening of the film at the festival this week, a Christian film critic, citing Fanning's age, decried the movie as child abuse, and Roman Catholic activist Bill Donohue called for a boycott.

Many might want to avoid the film simply because it's disturbing, and if this is a sign of the films to come, I might just skip the theater altogether and stay home with my Shrek DVD's...maybe Dakota should do the same.