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Why didn't Michael tell someone she couldn't have written the report?


I know he was struggling with it throughout that part in the movie, but i couldn't help but think, the whole time she was in jail, how different her life would have been if he would have just told someone she couldn't have written it. I guess they might not have believed him but he could have drastically changed her life for the better, with her only having to serve 4+ years in jail. It was just really sad to think that the rest of the movie, things might have been better for her. Why didn't he say something? Even just to his professor?

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No sympathy for Hannah. Or no... I had sympathy for her but I don't feel bad for her.

I feel like people already answered and I agree with some more than others, don't feel like rehashing. But I'm surprised with the lack of acknowledgement that the dude is more in a post-trauma situation than deeply in love..

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