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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 0794043106576 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Item Dimensions: Label: New Line Home Video Languages: Manufacturer: New Line Home Video MPN: TRNDN10657D Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: New Line Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 01, 2007 Running Time: 137 minutes Studio: New Line Home Video Theatrical Release Date: November 03, 2006 Editorial Review: Product Description: Based on the novel by tom perrotta this tells the story of a group of young suburbanites whose lives intersect on the playgrounds town pools & streets of their small community in suprising & potentially dangerous ways. Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 05/06/2008 Starring: Kate Winslet Patrick Wilson Rating: R Amazon.com: Kate Winslet operates at a galaxy-class level in Little Children, Todd Field's gratifyingly grown-up look at unhappy suburbia. Winslet is magnificent, in an Oscar-nominated performance, as a stroller-pushing mom who becomes attracted to a passive househusband (Patrick Wilson). Their slow-burning infidelity (Field wisely allows time to pass in this unhurried film) is contrasted with a more sensational subplot, about a convicted pedophile (Jackie Earle Haley, also Oscar nominated) returning to the neighborhood to live with his mother (Phyllis Somerville). Field, who brought his civilized approach to In the Bedroom, uses a deliberately literary style here, including a device with a narrator who sounds as though he's sitting at our side as he reads from Tom Perotta's novel. (The narrator is a superb touch--his cultivated voice distances us from the sloppy passions of the characters.) The film's biggest miscalculation is a self-appointed neighborhood vigilante (Noah Emmerich) determined to make life miserable for the pedophile. But Wilson is appropriately nebulous, Jennifer Connelly solid as his wife, and Haley (child star of the Bad News Bears movies), as the creepy, childlike molester, found himself rediscovered after a long career layoff. There's decent acting here, but Winslet is in a zone of her own, with so much emotional honesty and subtlety of expression that she transforms a good movie into a must-see. --Robert Horton Average Rating:
 Rating: - one of the best movies of the last 3 years or soPatrick Wilson was somewhat unknown until his performance in this. His character, coupled with Kate Winslet's, masterfully shows us who the real "little children" are. I'm usually one who reads the book before seeing the movie, but I'm hesitant to read the book because I found the movie so poignant. Watch this with friends and be prepared for heated and passionate discussion. Do not watch this with little children, for they will find some scenes and content quite disturbing (as I did and I'm ... Read More Rating: - we are all SaraWhat? Somebody wrote an original interesting screenplay about relationships, lust, unrest and perversion in suburbia and then cast Kate Winslet and Patrick Wilson (underrated) in the lead roles? Yes, please. This is one of those movies where they keep taking you out of the movie to give you information about the movie but it's ok because you're getting information and being entertained and it works. It's not pretensions this time (Running with Scissors, anyone?). I'm not going to give ... Read More Rating: - Tough to watch, but amazing.Yikes. Though well-done, Little Children is a very difficult movie to watch. Sarah (Winslet) is a stay-at-home mom in a small, suburban community. Her only child, daughter Lucy, is three, and Sarah apparently has no plans to return to the work force. Though her family could well afford it, Sarah does not put Lucy in any part-time childcare, and she shuns opportunities to spend time with other SAHMs. (I can only guess that she feels "above" them?) However, she seems to resent her duties ... Read More Rating:  - Not Worth SeeingA town is terrified by the release from prison of a man who exposed himself to a little girl. The man most vocally concerned has his own dirty secrets, as do many others who are likewise, and rightfully judgmental of the pervert. The director lets us know that despite his punishment, he will behave inappropriately repeatedly. But then again, so will everyone else. It's just that his particular perversion demands an audience. Others have affairs, conducted largely in front of their children, ... Read More Rating: - thought-provokingI saw the film and loved it, and then read the book which was terrific and funny. Then, I watched the film again and I saw something different in it this time. Todd Fields (In The Bedroom) has great talent for poetry on film and allowing scenes to play out fully for the actors. |
