Are All Men Pedophiles?
Jan-Willem Breure’s provocative documentary challenges the social suspicion directed at men amid debates over pedophilia, hebephilia, and child protection.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- provocative
- confrontational
- uneasy
- discussion group viewing
- film studies session
What critics said
Critics and commentators broadly challenged the film’s sweeping claims about male sexuality and its treatment of teenagers and Lolita fashion, while questioning its political clarity.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film centers on what it calls pedophilia hysteria and examines its political and social consequences.
Its central argument concerns men being treated as potential pedophiles and asks whether this constitutes modern sexism.
Experts and critics directly contradict the film's broad claim about male attraction, while the Lolita community disputes its portrayal.
The film's poster uses a 14-year-old model and the question 'Do you find me attractive?' as an explicit confrontation with its subject.
Films like Are All Men Pedophiles?, and why
The Hunting Ground
documentary examination of sexual politics, moral panic, and contested social attitudes
The Red Pill
provocative documentary treatment of gender, sexuality, and institutional power
The Act of Killing
controversial social-issue documentary structured around disputed claims and public backlash
Movie Details
- Director
- Jan-Willem Breure
- Release Date
- 2013-03-01
- Runtime
- 70 min
- Rating
- 5.2 / 10 (29)
Cast
- Jan-Willem Breure
- Dick Swaab
- Corine de Ruiter
- Savannah van Zweeden
- Oprah Winfrey
- Henny Kreeft
- Marthijn Uittenbogaard
- Madonna
- Sherri Callahan
- Jinnah Lou Domino
Common questions
- What is Are All Men Pedophiles? about?
- Jan-Willem Breure’s provocative documentary challenges the social suspicion directed at men amid debates over pedophilia, hebephilia, and child protection.
- What is Are All Men Pedophiles? like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Are All Men Pedophiles? as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Are All Men Pedophiles? violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Are All Men Pedophiles?.
- What did critics think of Are All Men Pedophiles??
- Critics and commentators broadly challenged the film’s sweeping claims about male sexuality and its treatment of teenagers and Lolita fashion, while questioning its political clarity.
- Which films are like Are All Men Pedophiles??
- Films with a similar feel include The Hunting Ground, The Red Pill, and The Act of Killing.
- How long is Are All Men Pedophiles??
- Are All Men Pedophiles? runs 70 minutes.
