Pervert Park is a documentary written and directed by Frida and Lasse Barkfors which challenges us to empathize with those we are encouraged never to think about: sex offenders. The film is set in a trailer park called Florida Justice Transitions, a home to 120 convicted sex offenders. These people are on probation after serving their prison terms and are unable to find other accommodation due to government regulation and public disapproval. The park serves not only as a temporary housing facility but also runs a rehabilitation program for its residents.

Several of the park inhabitants share their experiences making Pervert Park a beautiful tapestry of stories. Their crimes range from violent sexual assault to brief conversations in chat rooms, but everyone in the park is put under the same umbrella of "sex offender". Cinematographer Lasse Barkfors, uses light and shadow, and a limited amount of traditional "talking heads" to make the environment at once mundane and vibrant, as if this unimpressive trailer park is breathing new life into the resident’s realities.

One of the most effective things that the Barkfors do is reveal their characters' horrific stories in voiceover as we view images of these people going about their daily business. Hearing a woman describe the sexual abuse she suffered and then later inflicted on another, becomes heartbreaking when we marry this with the reality that she eats dinner, watches TV, reads books, just like anyone else. In fact this seems to be the central message that Pervert Park is trying to convey. The stigmatization of sex offenders, whether justified or not, robs them of their humanity. To the outside world these people are inhuman and unworthy of comfort or even a sense of purpose in their lives.

Pervert Park challenges us to see them as human, filled with regrets, and hopes for the future. Even the title of the film seems to be a construction toward this effect. The viewer goes into the experience expecting to spend time with perverts and child molesters and is slowly confronted with the notion that these people have committed mistakes like all of us and are just trying to move on. In some moments the Barkfors stray into areas that could be considered overly one-sided and sometimes even victim-blaming in the film, particularly with one character’s description of the legal system, but overall the film is less concerned with making accusations and more focused on providing a snapshot into the lives of a group of people who have been willingly forgotten by society.