2006 (USA)
dir Todd Field
Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Connelly
Little Children centres on a group of young marrieds, whose lives intersect on the playgrounds, town pools and streets of their small community in surprising and potentially dangerous ways.
The film doesn't hit the right notes for me. Its story is excessive, the perverts fate is ridiculous and if you can listen to the narrator throughout, without feeling even slightly annoyed then you deserve a medal. It's obvious the writers struggled to adapt the original text and settled for the easy option... fill it with decent actors and hope the audience doesn't notice.
Kate Winslet is far better than the material, but she's still not a big enough reason to watch this mess.