Little Children

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I watched this tonight in order to avoid a downpour of rain in New York City. I love Kate Winslet and she was fantastic in this film. I saw "In the Bedroom" and "Little Children" had a similar style but was much more riveting. I was warned by a writer friend of mine, that the pedophilia might turn me off to the film, but the issues raised were brilliantly-woven into the plot line, and I never shy away from watching films that portray potential realities. It was a good film. The actors were spot-on, and Jennifer Connelly was also really great. I recommend this film to anyone. The movie ended on an ambiguous note- i'm not sure how I feel about the outcome of how the characters ended up. The love affair between the adulterers was charming and real, but in the end, it seemed like the end of the film took upon a moral note without convincingly demonstrating how the characters ended up in their decisions. It's almost like the story decided not to carry things through and reveal the possibilities of the plot line, because the film 'had to end.' Despite this, it was a good film, and raises a lot of questions.

This movie was disgusting and an unquestionable waste of time. Thank God I didn't pay to see this movie. Received it as a free DVD as a member of the WGA to judge "for your consideration". Don't even bother watching this movie under any circumstances. Meant to be a hidden glimpse/satire of American Suburbia where adults act like children, it is certainly the worst movie I have seen in 2006, if not the last 5 years. I'm stunned by the glowing reviews found on these pages and seriously wonder if they were written by the director and his publicist. I'm certainly no prude and I'm not coming from some morally offended point of view, but there is absolutely NOTHING redeeming about this film. There is not a single character in this film for which I had a shred of empathy and I could not have cared less what happened to any of them. In fact after watching half the film I found myself hoping for a giant sinkhole to appear and swallow them all up and take them to some insipid hell where they belonged. I will certainly avoid any movies by this director or writer for the rest of my life. For god sakes, was your own twisted and perverted childhood so horrible that you have to foist this garbage on the rest of us? Who green lights this type of utterly useless film? Rent "21 Grams" or "Blue Velvet" again if you need to glimpse the seamier side of America; at least in those films there is some appreciation for the human condition and an effort is made to connect to some part of the human soul while depicting the darker sides of our natures. Was this supposed to be "dark humor" or satire? The only thing dark or satirical about this waste of celluloid was the 2 hours of my life I will never get back from watching it. Even Kate Winslet getting naked couldn't save this product of mental & emotional midgetry. It's too bad you can't vote "zero" out of 10 here at IMDb because rarely has there ever been a film that deserved it more.

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Little Children is one of the freshest, most original productions I've seen in a while. It's a light film about adultery, and you care about everyone in the end . . . including the pedophile. In addition to the screenplay, the things that make this film are the narration - which comes across as if it's addressing children, the cinematography - which is mostly ambient light with lush shadows and highlights, and the performances of the entire cast all of which are flawless. There are a few shockers and more than a few laughs. It's a solid film that caries you through the spectrum of emotions and remains fresh after subsequent viewings.

Very disturbing and oddly compelling suburban tale that never really resolves anything. The build-up is impeccable, but, once the film's over, you're not sure what it was building up to. I suppose anti-climatic is the best word to describe it, since I didn't feel like the characters really went through enough to cause their epiphanies. There were also far too many loose plot threads, such as Sarah's husband and Kathy's suspicions, that were left dangling, and the narration - which I found brilliant - disappeared for large stretches of time. I suppose I found it too short, despite the two hour plus running time - there was just too much going on for everything to be dealt with evenly. Still, it was well-acted - though I found that Patrick Wilson, not Winslet or Haley, gave the best performance - well-directed, and well-written - at least in terms of dialogue. The story just felt underwhelming.

this film was one of the worst "serious" films I saw the last years: not only that the story jumps from one unrealistic, hysterical, embarrassing, thus painful Outburst to the next, the worst thing is the strictly designed (false) Moral: if you dare to fall in Love though you are married with a more beautiful woman with even definitely longer legs, you will be punished and brought back to reasons by an almost lethal accident. If you fall in Love 'cause your husband sniffs on strange & paid other's panties, destiny will have Mercy on you. If you are a bad exhibitionist, you can gain a huge step of respect: from the biggest perverse and dangerous Pig in Town to a "Buddy"- by cutting off your Dick first. -Congratulations! That was the Plot (and the "Spoiler"). -excuse my poor English, I hope you've got my opinion, though.