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The Woodsman
Nothing can undo the past.
Nothing can undo the past.
Crime, Drama - 2004
The Woodsman
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After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his brother-in-law. Few know he's a sex offender and pedophile. Walter finds an apartment and is regularly visited by his parole officer. He gets a job at a lumber mill and starts seeing a coworker. Then his new world begins to unravel; as his past becomes known, he strikes up a high-risk friendship with a young girl and realizes that a man loitering near a schoolyard is a child molester prowling for his next victim.
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Runtime:
87 min
Release date:
24 Dec 2004
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$4,000,000
Revenue:
$4,700,000
Awards:
7 wins & 20 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
A lean and unapologetic piece about a type of person too often rendered in simplistic 'monster' colors.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
8 Apr 2005
rotten:
[Ms. Kassell and Mr. Fechter] trick up Walter's character with so many conflicting moods and impulses and then place him within a post-prison society that is itself alternately oppressive and permissive.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
27 Jan 2005
rotten:
An involving, intense but ultimately confused portrait.
– Geoff Pevere,
Toronto Star,
21 Jan 2005
fresh:
To watch this picture is to feel, and what you're feeling is an intense swirl of conflicting emotions -- disturbed, creeped-out, sorry, and, yes, even moved.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
21 Jan 2005
fresh:
A flawed film that's well worth seeing.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
21 Jan 2005
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