I thought it was good.

Yeah, and she trashed her job at the phone company by not showing up for work when she was supposed to and having an attitude about it. When it was suggested that she be a waitress she refused that because (just out of high school and with no experience) she wouldn't work for minimum wage like millions of people have done and are alive and well today to talk about it.

There is nothing "sad" or "tragic" when someone does something to themself like she did. She did not "drift" into the lifestyle, she chose it.

An example of a "sad" and "tragic" story is one of a man who is working hard to support his family, then, through no fault of his own, an accident ends his life.

This girl CHOSE to do sexual acts with men she didn't even know and have it put on film. And she expected her parents to be proud?

How could she have possibly been depressed? She came from a great family (from what they show) she was active in school, a good student, a cheerleader, and had respectable friends. Then she up and moves to CA because she's bored. She whines about not having any skills to get a job. But of course she doesn't have any skills! She's 18 and fresh out of High School.

That was the whole point. She didn't want to have to work her way up. She got mad because her supervisor at her job yelled at her for being late, and it looked like she was late often. The "Pauline" of the movie was just that - spoiled, selfish and bratty.

And of course Mel didn't trust her. He was a coke dealer and so was she. Why would a crackhead trust another crackhead?

I don't think she DEALT coke, did she? I thought that she had stolen from him in the past, took the food money and used it to buy coke when he cut her off. Then she acts like the victim because he didn't trust her.