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Little Children
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Little Children is an American film combining the romance, drama, independent and crime genres, directed and co-written by Todd Field alongside Tom Perrotta, and produced by Albert Berger. Set in Boston and filmed in Long Beach, New Jersey and Maine, it stars Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Connelly and Jackie Earle Haley, with music by Thomas Newman.
Distributed by New Line Cinema, which also produced it, the film is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art and received review scores of 7.4 out of 10, 81% and 75 out of 100. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay.
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7.1The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations.
Cast
- Kate Winslet as Sarah Pierce
- Patrick Wilson as Brad Adamson
- Jennifer Connelly as Kathy Adamson
- Gregg Edelman as Richard Pierce
- Sadie Goldstein as Lucy Pierce
- Ty Simpkins as Aaron Adamson
Themes
- pedophilia
- adultery
- small town
- mother
- husband wife relationship
- based on novel or book
- skateboarding
- parent child relationship
- heart attack
- boston, massachusetts
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
121,139 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
81%
Metacritic
75/100
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. 20 wins & 61 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Todd Field
- Screenplay by
- Todd Field Tom Perrotta
- Based on
- Little Children , by Tom Perrotta
- Produced by
- Todd Field Albert Berger Ron Yerxa
- Starring
- Kate Winslet Jennifer Connelly Patrick Wilson Jackie Earle Haley Noah Emmerich Gregg Edelman Phyllis Somerville
- Cinematography
- Antonio Calvache
- Edited by
- Leo Trombetta
- Music by
- Thomas Newman
- Production companies
- Bona Fide Standard Film Company
- Distributed by
- New Line Cinema
- Release date
- October 6, 2006 ( 2006-10-06 )
- Running time
- 137 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $26 million
- Box office
- $14.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Creator
- Todd Field
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- Todd Field
- Screenwriter
- Tom Perrotta
- Cast member
- Will Lyman
- Composer
- Thomas Newman
- Producer
- Albert Berger
- Production company
- New Line Cinema
- Narrative location
- Boston
- Filming location
- Maine
- Duration
- 130
- FilmAffinity ID
- 289621
- Official website
- www.littlechildrenmovie.com
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- title
- Little Children
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- distributed by
- New Line Cinema
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 75/100
- publication date
- 2007-09-27
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Encyclopedic overview
Little Children is a 2006 satirical melodrama film directed by Todd Field, based on the 2004 novel by Tom Perrotta, who co-wrote the screenplay with Field. It follows Sarah Pierce (Kate Winslet), an unhappy housewife who has an affair with a married neighbor (Patrick Wilson). Also starring are Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle Haley, Noah Emmerich, Gregg Edelman, Phyllis Somerville, and Will Lyman.
Shooting began on July 25, 2005 and took place in various locations across the United States, primarily in New York City. The film premiered at the 44th New York Film Festival, and was released by New Line Cinema on October 6, 2006, on 5 screens, earning $145,946, with a $29,189 per-screen average. It was exhibited on a maximum of 32 screens throughout most of its run, briefly increasing to 109 screens in the few weeks leading up to the 79th Academy Awards. Despite this, it won numerous critics' group prizes and received Oscar nominations for Best Actress for Winslet, Best Supporting Actor for Haley, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Field and Perrotta.
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