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Little Children
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0794043106576
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: New Line Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language),
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
MPN: N10657
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 01, 2007
Running Time: 137 minutes
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 03, 2006
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Editorial Review:
Kate Winslet Jennifer Connelly and Patrick Wilson star in the Academy Award nominated film Little Children the latest work from Oscar-nominated writer/director Todd Field. Based on the novel by Tom Perrotta Little Children centers on a handful of middle-class suburban parents whose lives unravel in the wake of an adulterous affair.Running Time: 137 min.System Requirements:Runtime: 130 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG - 13 UPC: 794043106576 Manufacturer No: N10657
Kate Winslet operates at a galaxy-class level in Little Children, Todd Field's gratifyingly grown-up look at unhappy suburbia. Winslet is magnificent, in an Oscar-nominated performance, as a stroller-pushing mom who becomes attracted to a passive househusband (Patrick Wilson). Their slow-burning infidelity (Field wisely allows time to pass in this unhurried film) is contrasted with a more sensational subplot, about a convicted pedophile (Jackie Earle Haley, also Oscar nominated) returning to the neighborhood to live with his mother (Phyllis Somerville). Field, who brought his civilized approach to In the Bedroom, uses a deliberately literary style here, including a device with a narrator who sounds as though he's sitting at our side as he reads from Tom Perotta's novel. (The narrator is a superb touch--his cultivated voice distances us from the sloppy passions of the characters.) The film's biggest miscalculation is a self-appointed neighborhood vigilante (Noah Emmerich) determined to make life miserable for the pedophile. But Wilson is appropriately nebulous, Jennifer Connelly solid as his wife, and Haley (child star of the Bad News Bears movies), as the creepy, childlike molester, found himself rediscovered after a long career layoff. There's decent acting here, but Winslet is in a zone of her own, with so much emotional honesty and subtlety of expression that she transforms a good movie into a must-see. --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Children with full grown inhibitions
" Little Children " is one of the those rare gems of filmmaking that is a remisniscent of early 70's films. It takes it's time with the unfolding stories and character development. The narraration is outstanding and represents the talents of a phenominal script.
Between the infidelities of two married people , a pedophile , an ex cop , a tormented mother , a work focused wife , and a lonely husband , " Little Children " is weaved together perfectly. So perfect , that I felt compelled ... Read More
Rating: - Can't shake this one, even after a year.
This film critique is almost oxymoronic in that there was so many things I really enjoyed about the movie, but at the same time there's a ton I didn't enjoy. There are those movies that just make you want to analyze them over and over again, but the problem here is that everytime I attempted to answer a question posed for the audience, I realized that we never did get those answers. Why was Jean mad at Sarah? Did Ronnie live? And what was up with Richard?
Little Children should've been ... Read More
Rating:  - nah, should'nt have made
I liked the novel but definitely didn't like the film.
Sarah is a young mother is bored with hanging out with a group of mothers at the park. They make her feel like an incompetent mother being unprepared with healthy snacks and whatnots. Then, one day, a young father comes into the park with his young son. Of course, the mothers are just giggly and perked up.
On a dare, Sarah approaches the young father, whom she was able to find out that his name is Brad. At that point, ... Read More
Rating: - A stunning surprise
Any time that I read a review for a film that seems interesting, I add it to an on-going list. It is not always possible to see all of the films when they come to the theatre, so I try to see as many on DVD as I can. But that list keeps getting longer and some films end up getting lost. Such would have been the case of Little Children--had I not picked it up because it had entered the $1 rack at my local Blockbuster. And what a stunning surprise it was. From the very opening to the extraordinary conclusion, ... Read More
Rating: - Interesting Mix of Humor and Heartache
Goodness. Think of all the books, films, television shows, that deal with infidelity, suburban angst, yuppie boredom. Well, director Todd Field has found a way to teach a new trick to an old dog: Have as the background to the affair the trials and tribulations of a convicted pedophile coming back to the neighborhood from jail. On top of that, Field brings an edgy brand of humor--humor with an attitude--to his critically-acclaimed film, LITTLE CHILDREN.
What kind of humor? Walking in on a porn-crazed ... Read More
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