Unnervingly good, Little Children is one of the rare American films about adultery that feels right -- dangerous, hushed, immediate -- even when the sex takes a back seat to other longings.
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10/19/06
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.
Theatrical Release:03-11-2006
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... [More]
Starring: Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Gregg Edelman, Sadie Goldstein
Director: Todd Field
Reviews for Little Children
Complicated, involving and just plain smart, Children is the kind of movie that worms its way back into your head days after you've seen it.
10/19/06
...there is some sharp observational comedy here and some painful, truthful drama, but they always seem at odds.
10/19/06
It is only once the end credits have begun to roll that you step back, process what you have seen, and leave dissatisfied.
10/18/06
This is a pitch-perfect slice of dark suburban life.
10/17/06
Field is a rare American director who appreciates the virtues of breathing room: he allows scenes to develop in their own sweet time, trusting that we will find the undercurrents of human behavior as fascinating as he does.
10/14/06
Top CriticAs a husband obsessed with porn, Gregg Edelman enacts one of the more interesting instances of masturbation in the history of the cinema.
10/12/06
Relentlessly picks at scabs of domestic bliss that conceal sorrow, betrayal and futile fulfillment.
10/11/06
If Little Children is pedantic and sometimes smug in its judgments, it is also painful.
10/09/06
Its dry-wit richness derives from every actor living up to the emotionally juicy opportunities furnished by the off-beat nature of the script and Field's wizardly direction.
10/09/06
The sexual awakening of a disappointed wife may seem like an old movie turn, but when has it been done with such candor?
10/09/06
As raw, rich and edgy as it gets.
10/09/06
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10/08/06
Best drama of the year
10/07/06
Genuinely unsettling.
10/07/06
Once again, Field has crafted a grown-up movie that grabs you by the throat, drags you in and doesn't let you go until the very bitter end.
10/06/06
Field and Perrotta share a real affection for even their most thwarted and self-deluded characters.
10/06/06
Expertly juggling the film's quicksilver shifts in tone from pitch-black comedy to domestic drama to emotionally acute character study, Field directs with an assurance that belies his relative inexperience behind the camera.
10/06/06
Field knows how to create a world.
10/06/06
Every character except the kids is severely flawed, but so deep are the roots Perrotta has created that you wish everyone well -- even the sex offender.
10/06/06
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