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68% Critic Match
The Woodsman
“Nothing can undo the past.”
6.8 / 10• 2004• 1h 27m•R• English
DramaCrime
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Kevin Bacon
Walter
Lead
David Alan Grier
Bob
Kyra Sedgwick
Vicki
Eve
Mary-Kay
Benjamin Bratt
Carlos
Carlos Leon
Pedro
Michael Shannon
Rosen
Nicole Gibson
Girl with Red Ball
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Nicole Kassell's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Woodsman is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
