First-time feature filmmaker Nicole Kassell's adaptation of Steven Fechter's play about the mind of a child molester walks a thin line: It elicits empathy for Walter (Kevin Bacon), a smoldering heap of resentment, denial and self-pity just waiting for a spark, without looking for sympathy. Fresh out of jail and trying to reenter the world without reverting to his old ways, Walter is still dangerously in thrall to his desires and self-justifications: He never hurt the girls, he insists fiercely, and he's not a baby-raper — he always asked to make sure they were between 10 and 12 years old. But forces conspire against him: The only landlord who'll rent to Walter puts h...
Released:
2004
Rated:
R
Length:
87 mins