The Woodsman
by Nicole Kassell
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Actor: David Alan Grier, Eve, Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Mos DefDirector: Nicole Kassell
Brand: Sony
Writer: Nicole Kassell
Producer: Brook Lenfest
Producer: Candice Williams
Producer: Damon Dash
Producer: Dave Robinson
Producer: Dawn Lenfest
Writer: Steven Fechter
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-04-12
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
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Summary: 4 Stars
The main character played extremely well by Kevin Bacon is a tormented predator trying to move on with his life after getting out of jail after twelve years for child molestation. He finds it difficult as that kind of crime is the most unforgivable with society, more unforgivable than murder or probably most any kind of crime. I wonder if the point of the film is that this guy gets out of jail and finds that it's impossible to move on and change and redeem himself and become a new person because most everyone around him won't let that be, except for a couple, one played by Kyra Sedgewick and the other Benjamin Bratt. And I wonder if even jail is the answer, because these types of predators are right back on the street doing it again because society ostracizes them leaving them no choice in their eyes. There needs to be another way of helping an individual such as that. I don't know what kind of psychological things are going on underneath or what propels child molesters but I imagine some separate kind of jail that focuses on changing the individual since they're going to release them anyway, at least release them changed, might be more productive than jail, but what do I know. Good movie on this type of uncomfortable subject that brings out the human of this kind of monster, however difficult.
Summary of The Woodsman
A pedophile returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison & attempts to start a new life. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 06/27/2006 Starring: Kevin Bacon Mos Def Run time: 87 minutes Rating: RKevin Bacon gives one of the best, most nuanced performances of his career in The Woodsman, a daring and thought-provoking drama he co-produced with his wife, Kyra Sedgwick. In portraying a convicted pedophile named Walter, recently released from prison and struggling to rebuild his life, Bacon and writer-director Nicole Kassell (making her feature-film debut) do a remarkable job of exploring all facets of this troubling yet very human character, from his continuing criminal impulses to the despair he feels over having to conceal his horrible past. Sedgwick costars as the one woman who appears willing to accept Walter, secrets and all, and while The Woodsman takes a few regrettable shortcuts in illustrating Walter's quest for the good man he can be, the film deserves to be seen and discussed as a provocative yet admirably humane study of an individual whom society may too quickly label a "monster." The film allows for different interpretations, and that complexity--along with Bacon's performance--makes it worthy of a wide and hopefully understanding audience. --Jeff Shannon
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