The Woodsman (2004)
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Reviews Counted: 130
Fresh: 114 | Rotten: 16
Kevin Bacon's performance as a pedophile who is trying to start fresh has drawn raves from critics, who have praised the Woodsman as compelling, creepy, complex and well-crafted.
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 32 | Rotten: 3
Kevin Bacon's performance as a pedophile who is trying to start fresh has drawn raves from critics, who have praised the Woodsman as compelling, creepy, complex and well-crafted.
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Writer/director Nicole Kassell makes her feature film debut with the drama The Woodsman. Co-written by Steven Fechter, the original script won first place at the Slamdance Screenplay Competition in 2001. Kevin Bacon plays Walter, a child molester who gets out of prison after serving a 12-year sentence. He returns to his old town and tries to start over by working at a woodyard. Fortunately, his brother-in-law (Benjamin Bratt) helps him get a place to live. He even strikes up a relationship with
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Kevin Bacon
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Kyra Sedgwick
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Eve
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David Alan Grier
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Benjamin Bratt
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Michael Shannon
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Hannah Pilkes
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Carlos Leon
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All Critics (140) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (118) | Rotten (18) | DVD (25)
A lean and unapologetic piece about a type of person too often rendered in simplistic 'monster' colors.
Top Critic[Ms. Kassell and Mr. Fechter] trick up Walter's character with so many conflicting moods and impulses and then place him within a post-prison society that is itself alternately oppressive and permissive.
An involving, intense but ultimately confused portrait.
To watch this picture is to feel, and what you're feeling is an intense swirl of conflicting emotions -- disturbed, creeped-out, sorry, and, yes, even moved.
A flawed film that's well worth seeing.
It is both difficult to watch and compelling.
A really intelligent and amazing piece of real filmmaking...
Debut director Nicole Kassell compassionately explores the troubled psyche of a former pedophile struggling with inner demons and external obstacles to lead a normal life.
A bold and poignantly told tale, nestling into its characters to draw out raw and candidly revealing performances.
A bold and poignantly told tale, nestling into its characters to draw out raw and candidly revealing performances.
(...) Aún con su intensidad a medio camino, The Woodsman es un drama maduro, desafiante y revelador de lo que estamos dispuestos a tolerar y/o a perdonar (nos) los seres humanos.
deals with one disturbing phenomenon in an honest and humane way
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- Walter: I may seem sympathetic but you've never seen me ravaging a child.
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