SOURCE: AspenFilm

hu, Dec 28
8:15 PM
Harris Concert Hall
Little Children
Special thanks to Aspen Film’s Volunteers
USA, 137 min.

Todd Field directs.
Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson star.

This emotionally acute examination of the cracks in middle-class American family life comes from Academy Award-nominated director Todd Field (In the Bedroom). Adapted from the novel by Tom Perrotta, this sharply written story of unfulfilled longing and disappointing choices focuses on Sarah (Kate Winslet) and Brad (Patrick Wilson), two stay-at-home parents of toddlers, who eventually begin an affair after meeting at the local playground. As if that isn’t enough to set off the small-town gossips, a convicted sex offender (Jackie Earle Haley) returns home, becoming a scapegoat for the community’s underlying anxiety. With dark humor and provocative insight, Field captures the mood of suburban malaise. (USA, 137 min. R. Print courtesy of New Line Cinema.)