If it's not about pedophiles what is it about?

I wonder if this scene from Little Miss Sunshine got similar push back or would in this day and age:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtVmfXnJM80

Main difference that I can think of is that the kid was younger in that movie and so was doing this without understanding its context. Seems like this Cuties movie the kids are older and so they do understand the context of their dancing. I assume the idea is to try and explore how girls of that age understand their femininity and how it fits within society. In the scene from Little Miss Sunshine I don't think anyone assumed that the people making the movie were doing so to get their rocks off, but to satirize the often perverse nature of beauty pageants. I'm ok with giving the makers of Cuties the same benefit of the doubt.

Why not? They would be considered teens after all and dealing with sexuality is probably the most teenie-thing there is.

Yes I like the movie, but certainly as a father whenever I see some scenes of violence that involved minors acting on then or being present I really don`t like it.

Eeeerrr a store is responsible for what it sells. So if it was allowing illegal material to be sold on their store they would be responsible as sellers. Same if they were reselling stolen merchandise or any other crime.

After reading all the comments I have to watch this movie only so I can get a perspective on context. I know when I was growing up, I use to get into a lot of sexual situations at a very young age. They happen between myself and other boys, myself with girls. I do remember during those times not understand jack squat what I was doing but doing it either based on imitation or some obscured learned behavior depending on the incident. I know when it came to girls, some situations I did on my own but a lot of times they were initiated by the girl. As a father today, those situations has tempered how I speak to both my sons and daughter but what it definitely has done is not make me think just because my child is very young, either my son or daughter would not find themselves in sexual situations or even be the one to initiate it. The thing is, parents have to be even re vigilant now then before because information is so easy to obtain whether they have their own device or another child does. Not having early conversations on sex and teaching them what it means early and often is better than them getting it from some friend who has not clue but is throwing out a bunch of crap trying to understand its meaning. Either way, the face your child shows you at home is definite not the same person they show around their friends or even how they could behave. I wonder if this is what this movie is trying to portray.

Pedophilia possession is as illegal as crack, if not worst because the American hypocrite society has deemed it so. Never mind the other horrible things people don't pay attention to here, like lead, plastic, and other pollutants in American water quality and how it affects developing minds. To me, that is a more horrible crime than a stupid movie with controversial plot points. They wont give shit about their water, but they want Netflix to suffer for streaming a foreign movie that comes from a different culture.

Hypocrisy. That is what it is folks. They only care about their own agenda, and use the health of kids as a tool get what they want, but if it the health of the population, including poor kids is stopping the way of profits, then they don't give a rats ass.

I put my bold lettering on my point in case you missed it.

As for possession of pedophilia and possession of crack, how interesting that those two crimes are items that can be planted on a personal belongings, and no one would know other than the authorities that made the arrest.

Please don't put words in my mouth. I did NOT give my opinion about what I think about the crime. I only said "Pedophilia possession is as illegal as crack, if not worst" in the USA. If you don't believe me, look it up.

Edit: Interesting that you didn't give a shit about the water quality point that I made.

Well from her interview she is acknowleding that she was doing very provocative poses and taping. So yes it was sexual exploitation.