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Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey

Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey

Common Sense Media Age 14

Parents Need To Know

Positive Messages
It's good to be both lucky and smart. Many kids are secretly abused by the people who are supposed to be taking care of them.
Positive Role Models & Representations
Violence
A man repeatedly rapes his girlfriend's teenaged granddaughter, with the grandmother's approval. A grandmother says her young granddaughter will learn how to treat a man, preparing the girl to be raped. A teenaged girl is grabbed off the street by a rapist-murderer and held for several days bound and blindfolded while he rapes her. He drags her and treats her harshly. He takes her to a secluded spot to shoot her, but lets her go.
Sex
Not applicable
Language
"Bitch."
Consumerism
Not applicable
Education Value
Ease of Play
Privacy
Adults drink alcohol. It's suggested that at least one is alcoholic and abusive.
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