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Synopsis: After twelve years in prison, Walter arrives in an unnamed city, moves into a small apartment across the street from an elementary school, gets a job at a lumberyard, and mostly keeps to himself. A quiet, guarded man, Walter finds unexpected solace from Vickie, a tough-talking woman who promises not to judge him for his history. But Walter cannot escape his past. A convicted sex offender, Walter is warily eyed by his brother-in-law, shunned by his sister, lives in fear of being discovered at work, and is hounded by a suspicious local police officer, Detective Lucas. After befriending a young girl in a neighborhood park, Walter must also grapple with the terrible prospect of his own reawakened demons.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Nicole Kassell
Production: Newmarket Films
  7 wins & 20 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
72
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
R
Year:
2004
87 min
$1,456,291
Website
286 Views


Doesn't everybody?

Have a seat.

I could get a search warrant.

Yeah, if you could get a search warrant,

you would have brought one today.

This cherry?

Yeah.

It's a little unusual design

for a contemporary piece, but...

Walter...

two nights ago a 10-year-old girl

got attacked not far from here.

That's a bit of a coincidence,

don't you think?

- What time did it happen?

- I'll ask the questions.

If you tell me what time

it happened, maybe I could...

Get your hands out

of your f***in' pockets!

Sit down!

I know every f***in' move

you make...

every goddamn step.

When you sleep, when you eat...

when you sh*t, when you jack off...

When you're sitting there

by the window...

watching the little girls

in their cotton white dresses...

and you're sittin' there on your little

jack-off bench, and you're jackin' off.

Do you show your cock

to little girls when you jack off?

- You can't talk to me like...

- Like what?

Like a piece of sh*t? That's what

you are to me, a piece of sh*t.

Throw you out

that window right now.

Think somebody's gonna miss you?

I could say you jumped

when I came in.

Who you think

they're gonna believe, me or you?

You'd just be a dead piece of sh*t.

We need to make sure...

that you're being

a good boy, Walter.

Okay?

- Okay?

- Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Have a good day.

Nice table.

Yes, may I help you, please?

- What did you think would happen?

- I don't know.

- What did you want to happen?

- I don't know!

Would you please stop writing

in the f***ing pad?

You know that if anything happens to me,

I go back to prison.

No parole. No nothin'. For life.

- Is this the first one?

- Of course it is!

- Why do you think I'm telling you?

- I want you to calm down.

You followed a girl.

Perhaps you wanted to see

what it felt like after so many years.

Maybe subconsciously

you were testing yourself.

And here you are...

talking about it with me.

This is positive.

Walter, we'll pick up here

next week.

Remember when

you asked me what...

my idea of normal was?

Normal is when I can see a girl...

be near a girl, even talk to a girl...

and not think about...

That's my idea of normal.

What are you lookin' at?

- What's this?

- What's it look like?

A plant. I don't need a plant.

Everyone needs a plant.

This ivy is one tough baby.

It's a cutting from one of mine.

So, here's the deal.

Give it a little water...

go easy on the direct sunlight...

and notice it

every once in a while.

They love it when you look at 'em

or touch their leaves.

Think you can handle that?

Such an a**hole.

Thanks.

Want to go for a ride?

Sure.

Get your coat.

Why do you stay?

I see something in you,

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Nicole Kassell

Nicole Kassell (born 1972) is an American film and television director. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she received her degree from the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. While a student there, she made three short films, including The Green Hour, which was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002. A year earlier, she had won the Slamdance Screenplay Competition for her first feature-length project, The Woodsman, adapted from Steven Fechter's 1997 minimalist play she had seen staged at The Actors Studio in New York City. Her enthusiasm for it convinced Lee Daniels, one of the producers of Monster's Ball, to help her get funding for the film version. When he approached Kevin Bacon, the actor was so impressed by the script, about a convicted child molester forced to deal with social prejudice and the fear he will not be able to control his dark urges after he's released from prison, that he suggested he star in the movie opposite wife Kyra Sedgwick. The Woodsman competed at Sundance and the Toronto International Film Festival, was featured in the Director’s Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival, and eventually was released to the public in 2004. Kassell's second feature film, A Little Bit of Heaven, a romantic comedy starring Kate Hudson and Gael García Bernal, had its first release in February 2011 in the UK. Kassell has directed episodes of the series Cold Case and 3 lbs (both on CBS), The Closer (on TNT), The Killing (on AMC), Vinyl (on HBO) and The Americans (on FX). She has adapted Arthur Miller's play The Ride Down Mt. Morgan for the big screen. At present, the project is in pre-production with a cast that includes Diane Keaton, Emily Blunt and Michael Douglas, who is also serving as executive producer. She also is writing an adaptation of the book Bad Medicine for HBO. more…

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