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The film has caused significant controversy in Canada, where the families of victims Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy initially said that the film was exploiting the memory of their daughters. Politicians in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, including Attorney General Michael Bryant, have called for a boycott of the film, and one Canadian theatre chain, Cineplex Odeon, has already stated that it will show the film only in its major urban markets in Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa. The film was originally booked to debut at the 2005 Montreal World Film Festival, until protests by Air Canada, a corporate sponsor of the festival, put an end to the idea presumably forever.
Lawyer Tim Danson, who represents the French and Mahaffy families, had a private screening of the film in September with the families in attendance. The following month, he announced that the families would not oppose the film's Canadian release.
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