I loved the movie. Everyhting about it. Everything was done and portrayed perfectly. I know plenty of people who the characters reflected and recently Ive met people who I knew from my primary school (school from ages 4-12 or so) who went to different secondary schools. They left as innocent angel faced girls and now less than two years later plenty of them have smoked a wide variety of substances, drink on a regular basis. And some of them not long turned 14 have willingly slept around with there early twenties boyfriends. Wether its controversial because it actually happens or because its simply not nice to watch I dont know.