Review of Little Children (2006) by Manal S — 03 Jun 2011
Loved every minute of it! This is the kind of drama that takes you by the hand and pushes you into the story. Movies that delineate the dilemma of desires and dreams being hindered by social and real life restrictions always touch a chord in my heart. I don't see it as a movie about middle-age crisis or marital infidelity. Actually, it is more or less about breaking free... crossing all the red lines that confines a human adult in an increasingly small circle of social rules and obligations. The society that we strive so hard to fit in and be part of is the very superficial, cruel society that kills our very soul and cages us in.
I loved that the story never justifies nor condemns. It just confronts you with the bare facts and you choose whatever you want to believe. In a sense, it never ends too; we are not told anything about Sarah and Brad cutting off their affair, and we don't know whether Ronnie was saved or not. It is like and endless story of our existence with the successes and the failures and the forbidden pleasures.
Kate Winslet is as gorgeous and brilliant as usual. Patrick Wilson did his best, but I still can't see anything promising about him.
This review of Little Children (2006) was written by Manal S on 03 Jun 2011.
Little Children has generally received very positive reviews.
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