Little Children (2006)

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Studio: New Line Cinema
Rating: R
Release Date: Oct 6, 2006
Running Time: 137 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
In a suburban town full of perfect parents devoted to rearing their children for Harvard futures, a stay-at-home mom has an affair with an ex-jock stay-at-home dad who rebels against his wife's wishes that he become a big-bucks lawyer.
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Sarah Pierce
Kathy Adamson
Brad Adamson
Ronnie J McGorvey
Richard Pierce
Slutty Kay
Aaron Adamson
Larry Hedges
May McGorvey
Bullhorn Bob
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Although thought-provoking and full of outstanding performances, Little Children still can't escape a little of the same ambivalence that traps its suburban characters.

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Based on the novel by Tom Perrotta, Little Children at first feels like a dark, satirical comedy about life in the suburbs. Sarah (Kate Winslet) doesn't fit in with the other moms who gather in the park each day, eagerly exchanging gossip and parenting tips. For one thing, Sarah's just not that into being a mother--she sees… Continued

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rating  PETER TRAVERS - October 5, 2006
Don't be put off by the sweetie-poo title. Adultery, Internet porn, pedophilia, mutilation and murder all figure in Little Children. This unnervingly funny and quietly devastating film -- director Todd Field's first since his smash 2001 debut with In the Bedroom -- pulls you in like a magnetic-force field. For starters, the movie refuses to slavishly butt-kiss its source, the justly acclaimed 2004 novel by Tom Perrotta (Election). Perrotta isn't pissed; he joined Field in the nip-tuck process in… Continued