影片对于大主题的阐述同样出色。宗教与人权,这样的一个大命题丝毫没有让这部影片显得刻板与说教,相反,许多场景都引人思考。例如在Marc起诉学校之后,学校高层的两个天主教信徒的对话就让人印象深刻:“He won't deny he's a homosexuality, but he expect us to deny who we are, what we believe in. Insupportable.” “I don't know… Times are changing… Regrettably. If the church hope to survive, I hate to say it, we may have to change with the times. Not that I want to, or else we could find ourselves all alone…”