El Capitano Gatisto
03-13-2005, 07:16 PM
Can't find a thread already posted about this film.
Saw it last night. It stars Kevin Bacon as a child molester who has just been released from prison, after serving a 12 year sentence for molesting 2 girls between 10-12 years of age.
It follows him as he tries to adjust to every day life once again. He gets a job in a sawmill, and starts a relationship with a troubled woman who works there.
A big part of the film is the character, Walter, struggling to cope with his urges as he tries to re-build his life.
It's an engrossing film. Many reviewers have said, and I agree, that the key part of this film is that Walter is not portrayed as a monster, as a predator, but as a troubled man full of regret and self-loathing. You are forced to challenge your mindset on whether a child sex offender should be allowed to make his way in society once again, having served his time.
Saw it last night. It stars Kevin Bacon as a child molester who has just been released from prison, after serving a 12 year sentence for molesting 2 girls between 10-12 years of age.
It follows him as he tries to adjust to every day life once again. He gets a job in a sawmill, and starts a relationship with a troubled woman who works there.
A big part of the film is the character, Walter, struggling to cope with his urges as he tries to re-build his life.
It's an engrossing film. Many reviewers have said, and I agree, that the key part of this film is that Walter is not portrayed as a monster, as a predator, but as a troubled man full of regret and self-loathing. You are forced to challenge your mindset on whether a child sex offender should be allowed to make his way in society once again, having served his time.