Review of The Woodsman (2004) by Michael W — 27 Feb 2015
It's teeth were stainless-grey-pale, it's eye's as sinister as an eclipsed moon and it fingers long and branched like an ape. Then in one fowl swhoop the big bad wolf gobbled up red riding hood. The Woodsman enters the house with his axe sharp and flaring from the light of day, like lighting in a bottle he cut open the big bad wolf and saved poor red riding hood from the big bad wolf and stuck muck and stones in his belly and stitched him belly to neck.
This film is muted -quite, giving a clear and clean lense for Bacon's performance to shine through with surprising sympathy. Only to have Kyra Sedwick weigh out his performance evenly.
Can a broken human being be fixed, is it entirely impossible to change who we are? Hated and rejected, at lowest can he see the baleness he is becoming. Had watched this film halfway through last year, finally watched it. It is a great film about the soul of a disturbed man, struggling his way to be normal, ultimately reaching redemption and finding guilt, from what's he has been doing.
This review of The Woodsman (2004) was written by Michael W on 27 Feb 2015.
The Woodsman has generally received positive reviews.
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