After twelve years in prison, Walter arrives in an unnamed city, moves into a small apartment across the street from an elementary school, gets a job at a lumberyard, and mostly keeps to himself. A quiet, guarded man, Walter finds unexpected solace from Vickie, a tough-talking woman who promises not to judge him for his history. But Walter cannot escape his past. A convicted sex offender, Walter is warily eyed by his brother-in-law, shunned by his sister, lives in fear of being discovered at work, and is hounded by a suspicious local police officer, Detective Lucas. After befriending a young g... irl in a neighborhood park, Walter must also grapple with the terrible prospect of his own reawakened demons.Read moreLess
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 grou...
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 ...
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 more on the side of caution, without losing much of its slow-burning power.
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Woodsman, The
In the current climate, it's a brave actor who plays a paedophile and attempts to invest the role with some humanity. Kevin Bacon, long one of Hollywood's underappreciated talents, pulls it off magnificently in this sombre, disturbing tale of a convicted child molester trying to make a life for himself after parole. He plays Walter Rossworth, who finds himself living within sight of a primary school, being harassed by a local cop (rapper Mos Def) and falling in love with a co-worker (played by Bacon's wife Kyra Sedgwick) who's unaware of his past. It's never comfortable to watch — sequences in which Walter looks like he's about to commit further crimes are particul...
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