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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0794043106576
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: New Line Home Video
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 01, 2007
Running Time: 137 minutes
Sales Rank: 3199
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 03, 2006
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Product Description:
Kate Winslet Jennifer Connelly and Patrick Wilson star in the Academy Award nominated film Little Children the latest work from Oscar-nominated writer/director Todd Field. Based on the novel by Tom Perrotta Little Children centers on a handful of middle-class suburban parents whose lives unravel in the wake of an adulterous affair.Running Time: 137 min.System Requirements:Runtime: 130 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG - 13 UPC: 794043106576 Manufacturer No: N10657
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
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Rating:  - Overwhelmingly Depressing
A 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, destroying the fabric of innocent young lives by jeopardizing their family structures. Others demean their wives, or act rashly causing death and destruction. Sometimes the perpetrators of actions which have consequences far more severe than seeing the penis of an exhibitionist go unpunished. While that is true, it doesn't diminish the fear that people have of predators taking advantage of their children.
Putting the story in the midst of the other secrets playing out in a small town in no way diminishes the seriousness of the concern parents should feel. It just makes you feel as if any interaction between people you meet has a dirty underside waiting to happen.
I hated this movie. That said, the acting and direction were superb.
Rating: - thought-provoking
I 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.
Rating: - Winslet is superb, the movie so-so
Kate Winslet enlivens this adaption of the novel by Tom Perrotta with a terrific performance. The movie stays remarkably true to the book, leaving out only one sub-plot (and that is a relief).
But the book seemed weightier than the movie. Despite the occasional intervention of a portentious-sounding narrator, very little seems at stake in this fable. In the book, the themes seemed more universal. In the movie, for some reason they appeared fairly petty and routine -- the usual dilemmas of frustrated people struggling to escape the boredom of suburban life and child-rearing.
Apart from Winslet, none of the other actors managed to make me care about them. I watched in a kind of bemused indifference. The sex was not very sexy and the scary, creepy climax at the end not scary or creepy. The movie ultimately just petered out with nothing resolved.
It's also overlong at two hours and seventeen minutes.
Rating:  - thought provoking
This movie definitely made me think. The title "Little Children" is so appropriate as the name of the movie depicts a solid theme that permeates the entire movie.
Just don't watch it with "little children" or any children, for it is made for adults. I found this movie to be well acted, and well made.
The "little children" POINTS that I can see in this movie:
1) The movie cleverly starts out in the McGorvey house, with Ronnie
(the town's child sex offender who exposed himself to a minor) and
his devoted, doting mother, May McGorvey. An elderly woman, May has
all kinds of collectibles in her home--her various clocks are all
ticking away in unison as if to represent that something is going to
happen, something onimous or serious that time will only tell.
She also has on disply her Hummel collection of little, cute
figurine children (as her son, Ronnie, is perversely fixated on the
real thing).
Also May treats Ronnie like he was still her little boy. He calls
her "Mommy" and she calls him "Ronnie". She takes him into her
house, cooks and cleans for him (he never needs to wash a dish),
protects him from the harassing ex-cop (Larry), and even sets up
dates for Ronnie to go on so someone will one day care for her
little boy.
2) Sarah (Kate Winslett), a young wife, and ... Read More
Rating: - Children with full grown inhibitions
" Little Children " is one of the those rare gems of filmmaking that is a remisniscent of early 70's films. It takes it's time with the unfolding stories and character development. The narraration is outstanding and represents the talents of a phenominal script.
Between the infidelities of two married people , a pedophile , an ex cop , a tormented mother , a work focused wife , and a lonely husband , " Little Children " is weaved together perfectly. So perfect , that I felt compelled to recommend this film on cd now. And I haven't revied a worthwhile film on here , in over a year.
Moreover , all the acting is played superbly by a steller cast of solid actors. The standout performace , for me , was that of " Bad News Bears " actor , Jackie Earle Hayley as the pedophile who recently returned back to live with his mom after a prison stint. The chemistry between Kate Winslet and Patrick Wilson is utterly believable and the supporting players , Jennifer Connley , Phillis Somerville , and Greg Edelman add the perfect support, providing a haunting platform for fully charged story telling. I highly recommend this film.
There are various adult situations and strong sexual content , so it's not one for the kids. This isn't a feel good story either , so it's not a good first date movie or something to watch when you're in a great mood. However, " Little Children " provides excellent cinematography , editing , script , directing and acting. Perfect is you like true characer ... Read More
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