Talk:Donna Malone/@comment-75.118.103.30-20121223173252/@comment-2603:9000:7F0C:296A:C943:7ADC:355D:CD00-20191208221446

If you go through the movie again, you can see the implications that she was abused. She attacked Grace because she made a rude comment about her dad in prison. I don't really know how she knew if that was true, or whether it was just an assumption that Donna's family was all as awful as Grace thought she was, but it definetly hit home for Donna.

It was after that that she said she didn't like to be touched. Her mom really wasn't a good parent, either. She forced her daughter to sit on Santa's lap despite knowing that she wasn't comfortable with it. A good mother respects boundries.

Also, Donna has claustrophobia. I don't think that was by accident. In most stories, there's a good reason why a charecter is afraid of something.

I found it pretty clear that Donna had suffered abuse, and I wish they had dwelved deeper into that. Of course, they might have had to higher the rating if they did that, so they had to settle for a few strong implications.

That's just my interpretation, but I think there is a lot of evidence for it if you watch the movie again and look for the clues.