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Genres:
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Drama /
Music
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Director:
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Nicole Kassell
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Actors:
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Eve,
Kevin Rice,
Hannah Pilkes,
Jessica Nagle,
Liam Daniels,
Joey Hazinsky,
Clara Hopkins Daniels,
Ashley C. Coombs,
Kevin Bacon,
David Alan Grier,
Kyra Sedgwick,
Benjamin Bratt,
Carlos Leon,
Michael Shannon,
Mos Def
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Duration:
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87 min.
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Rating:
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(7.4/10)70.5
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Plot Summary:
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After twelve years in prison, the lassie molester Walter is released in probation. He starts a new passion, getting a limited and simple apartment approaching a educational institution, and a pain in the neck in a lumberyard. The tormented Walter tries to be and act ordinary, haunted by his past demons and having sessions with a wither, while the snoopy word co-worker Mary-Kay investigates his life. He has an affair with another suffered colleague, Vicki, while is also stalked by a doubtful detective, Sgt. Lucas.
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Woodsman, The
A paedophile released from jail finds life on the outside fraught with problems - and new temptations - in this sombre American independent starring Kevin Bacon
Perhaps one of the few genuine taboos left for contemporary seen-it-all audiences, paedophilia is never likely to make an impact at the box-office. Recent actors and films that have confronted the subject, notably Dylan Baker in Todd Solondz's Happiness and Brian Cox in Michael Cuesta's L.I.E. have walked the fine line between serious investigation and tabloid-baiting, forever running the risk that even broaching the subject is a step too far. In The Woodsman, Kevin Bacon joins this select group. He gives a spare, haunted performance in a tough, unsettling film that if anything, veers even mo...
Brave. Powerful. Overlooked.
The Woodsman walks a fine line between sympathy and empathy. At times the subject matter is hard to stomach, a disturbing insight in to the mind of a twisted being. Kevin Bacon's performance keeps the movie finely balanced and without him this may have become a very misunderstood tale.
Some people may choose to overlook the movie simply because of its content, but it in no way glorifies the crimes that Kevin Bacon's character has commited. Any feeling of pity for his character, should you feel it, is down simply to a magnificent lead turn.
The ending, like the title of the movie itself, suggests that this is a movie about redemption. Just how open to that you are is of course your decision, one thing that is clear however is that The Woodsman is a brave movie indeed a...
Woodsman, The
Able study of a damaged man attempting to convert into his problems that eventually, and fatally, settles an eye to easy answers.
Woodsman, The
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