The Woodsman

[MacGuffin]

Trailer here.

Release Date: December 24th, 2004 (LA/NY); expands to other cities at later dates

Cast: Kevin Bacon (Walter), Kyra Sedgwick (Vickie), Benjamin Bratt (Keith Chacon), Mos Def (Detective Lucas), Eve (Mary Kay), David Alan Grier, Gina Philips, Hannah Pilkes (Robin), Michael Shannon.

Director: Nicole Kassell (feature debut)

Screenwriter: Nicole Kassell and Stephen Fechter (feature film debuts)

Based Upon: The play of the same title for Steven Fechter.

Premise: This is the story of how Walter (Bacon), a convicted sexual abuser of little girls, attempts to rebuild his life upon his release after over a decade in prison, getting a job working in a lumberyard and starting a sweet romance with a woman he meets named Vickie (Sedgwick) (Benjamin Bratt plays Walter's ex-brother-in-law who helps him find an apartment.)

[Ghostboy]

I think it's really interesting that Damon Dash is one of the producers of this.

[metroshane]

I wonder how they are going to establish pathos for a convited kid toucher?

[Finn]

Have people totally ignored this movie or what? There hasn't been any discussion of it on here or anywhere else (maybe because of the subject matter). But I saw it and thought it was incredible. I saw it in theaters and the dvd just came out today. Kevin Bacon should've been nominated for an Oscar for this role. He reminded me a little bit of Dylan Baker's performance in "Happiness" where he doesn't set up his character as a monster but shows him as very flawed and trying to break away from the monster inside of him. It's a really sharp character study with great performances.

[kotte]

Spoiler

This is truly a small masterpiece and it's all in how the filmmakers treated the character. The film is a subtle build-up to the scene on the bench with the girl. You truly does not know what's gonna happen, the character is treated with such tenderness anything would have been honest.

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