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Little Children (2006)

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Reviews Counted:152

Fresh:121

Rotten:31

Average Rating:7.4/10

Consensus: Little Children takes a penetrating look at suburbia and its flawed individuals with an unflinching yet humane eye.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong sexuality and nudity, language and some disturbing content.

Runtime: 2 hrs 17 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Oct 17, 2006 Limited

Box Office: $5,307,219

Synopsis: Actor-turned-director Todd Field follows up his Oscar-nominated drama, IN THE BEDROOM, with this ambitious adaptation of Tom Perrotta's celebrated novel. Set in the imploding minefields of modern... Actor-turned-director Todd Field follows up his Oscar-nominated drama, IN THE BEDROOM, with this ambitious adaptation of Tom Perrotta's celebrated novel. Set in the imploding minefields of modern suburbia, LITTLE CHILDREN follows several inhabitants of a small American town as they fumble their way through adulthood. Numb-to-life housewife and mother Sarah Pierce (Kate Winslet) finds an outlet for her yearning in gorgeous househusband Brad Adamson (Patrick Wilson), who is crippled with insecurity over the fact that his perfect wife, Kathy (Jennifer Connelly), is the family breadwinner. When Sarah and Brad meet at the local playground one afternoon, a passionate affair is sparked. In a further attempt to reclaim his youthful fire, Brad joins a night football league with Larry Hedges (Noah Emmerich), a former cop who has begun to harass a convicted sex offender, Ronnie J. McGorvey (Jackie Earle Haley). These troubled lives eventually collide, causing each individual to take full responsibility for their not-so-responsible actions. Adapted for the screen by Field and Perrotta and artfully photographed by Antonio Calvache, LITTLE CHILDREN is a bitingly funny, and nakedly honest, critique of middle class dysfunction. Though the cast is universally superb, it is former child actor Haley (THE BAD NEWS BEARS, BREAKING AWAY) who steals the show. After only two features, Field proves that he is a truly gifted storyteller. This film was included in the 44th New York Film Festival organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. [More]

Starring: Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Gregg Edelman, Sadie Goldstein

Starring: Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Gregg Edelman, Sadie Goldstein, Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle Haley, Jane Adams, Phyllis Somerville, Sarah Buxton

Director: Todd Field

Director: Todd Field
Producer: Albert Berger
Composer: Thomas Newman
Studio: New Line Cinema

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Its antiseptic textures merely whimper 'Oscar clip'

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
08/28/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

Bereft of a protagonist, the movie breaks down under the weight of absurd voice-over narration and an exploitative ending that is as indefensibly wrongheaded as it is cheap.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
04/24/09
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
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Full Review Source: NPR.org | comment Comment
10/18/08
Bob Mondello
Bob Mondello
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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jonathan Kiefer
Jonathan Kiefer
Sacramento News & Review

A risky and rewarding art film, but definitely for grown-ups.

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
06/24/08
Geoff Berkshire
Geoff Berkshire
Metromix.com

Little Children is about as close as a movie can get to literature %u2014 rich, nuanced, erudite and multi-layered.

Full Review Source: BrandonFibbs.com | comment Comment
02/28/08
Brandon Fibbs
Brandon Fibbs
BrandonFibbs.com

The leads are self-delusional, secretive, dependent, nakedly desperate at times, and all fascinating.

Full Review Source: Cinerina | comment Comment
12/10/07
Karina Montgomery
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina

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Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

Provides a taut commentary on hypocrisy, human interaction, and the lies we tell ourselves...

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
07/11/07
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

predstavlja upravo ono %u0161to bi "ozbiljni" holivudski film trebao biti

Full Review Source: Index.hr | comment Comment
06/22/07
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
Index.hr

Peyton Place with a perv!

Full Review Source: EURWeb | comment 2 Comments
05/02/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
EURWeb

...a flawed work that sparkles only sporadically.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
04/20/07
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

The success Fields has with this film comes through the uncomfortable intersection between comedy, melodrama and tragedy. Oh, and romance.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
04/03/07
Michael Wade Simpson
Michael Wade Simpson
culturevulture.net

Little Children's stone-cold suburbia reaches for Kubrick, but is also half Spielberg.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment 1 Comment
03/15/07
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Un drama inteligente, tenso y reflexivo sobre la insatisfacción, el deseo, la infidelidad y las perversiones de un puñado de habitantes suburbanos. Excelente dirección y elenco.

Full Review Source: Uruguay Total | comment Comment
03/14/07
Enrique Buchichio
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total

Field directs all this with a restraint that sometimes verges on the dry, but there's little doubt the film builds to a shattering climax.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Lewis Beale
Lewis Beale
Film Journal International

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02/10/07
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

O filme de Todd Field ilustra nosso eterno despreparo para lidar com as grandes questões da vida ou mesmo com nossos menores impulsos.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment 1 Comment
02/09/07
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
N/R

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02/09/07
Sydney Morning Herald

It had me at hello... and kept me for a long time, and then lost me in its final moments.

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
02/08/07
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
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