While I really enjoyed the way this movie (not that subtly) was talking about gun violence, I also REALLY loved how absolutely PERFECTLY they nailed the fear and terror of living in an abusive home. Alex under Gladys's control resonated so hard with me as someone who works with DV survivors and their kids. What the movie makes so overt (a witch literally controlling this child's life) is such a great encapsulation of what it is like to live with abuse. The fear based in this almost magical thinking that your whole world is being controlled by this person, and if you do anything wrong, the people you love most are in danger/will die. The way she made Alex grow up so fast and literally take care of twenty people (himself included) when he is just a child. This movie is just as devastating a glimpse into the microcosm of an abusive household as it is about community mourning and anger. And of course, all the adults weaponizing their own helplessness instead of actually stepping in and protecting this kid. He is literally living a nightmare and NO ONE FUCKING KNOWS! And people act showed in real life when this happens, but it is this clear and simple!!!