I don't buy the "Oh but it shows that girls growing up too fast and being sexualized is a bad thing!" Maybe, but you don't need to show the characters doing these things to make a point, and it kinda ruins the "message" of the film as the director is doing the exact same thing that she's saying it's wrong, kind of like a director making an actor drown a kitten to show how animal abuse is awful, you can find a way to make the same point without doing the thing you're claiming to be against. Still, I'm certain the fact that the director is a black woman it's the main reason why some people defend it.
I don't buy the "Oh but it shows that girls growing up too fast and being sexualized is a bad thing!" Maybe, but you don't need to show the characters doing these things to make a point, and it kinda ruins the "message" of the film as the director is doing the exact same thing that she's saying it's wrong, kind of like a director making an actor drown a kitten to show how animal abuse is awful, you can find a way to make the same point without doing the thing you're claiming to be against. Still, I'm certain the fact that the director is a black woman it's the main reason why some people defend it.