Little Children (movie)
2006 film directed by Todd Field From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Little Children is a 2006 drama movie based on the novel of the same name. Actress Kate Winslet plays a reluctant housewife and mother from Boston in the film.
Cast
- Kate Winslet as Sarah Pierce
- Patrick Wilson as Brad Adamson
- Jennifer Connelly as Katherine "Kathy" Adamson
- Jackie Earle Haley as Ronald "Ronnie" James McGorvey
- Noah Emmerich as Larry Hedges
- Phyllis Somerville as May McGorvey
- Gregg Edelman as Richard Pierce
- Ty Simpkins as Aaron Adamson
- Sadie Goldstein as Lucy Pierce
- Jane Adams as Sheila
- Raymond J. Barry as Bullhorn Bob
- Trini Alvarado as Theresa
- Marsha Dietlein as Cheryl
- Mary B. McCann as Mary Ann
- Rebecca Schull as Laurel
- Chadwick Brown as Tony Correnti
- Adam Mucci as Richie Murphy
- Chance Kelly as Pete Olaffson
- Lola Pashalinski as Bridget
- Hunter Reid as Christian
- Sarah Buxton as Slutty Kay
- Will Lyman (uncredited) as Narrator
- Thomas Greaney as Troy
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Reception
Reviews of Little Children were mostly positive. The movie got an 80% rating from the Rotten Tomatoes.[1]
Top ten lists
Little Children was listed on many critics' top ten lists.[2]
- 1st – Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times
- 2nd – Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
- 3rd – Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
- 3rd – Dennis Harvey, Variety
- 4th – James Berardinelli, Reelviews
- 4th – J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader
- 5th – Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
- 6th – Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter
- 8th – Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian
- 9th – A.O. Scott, New York Times
- 10th – William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- 10th – Richard Schickel, Time
- Top 10 (listed alphabetically) – Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times
- Top 10 (listed alphabetically) – Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
- Top 10 (listed alphabetically) – Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
- Best of 2006 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – David Denby, The New Yorker[3]
Accolades
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References
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