The Woodsman

The Woodsman

Nothing can undo the past.

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Release Date

12/24/2004

Runtime

87 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$4,000,000

Revenue

$4,700,000

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A deeply uncomfortable examination of one man's attempt to rebuild after committing unforgivable acts, trapping the viewer in his desperate, fractured perspective. The film offers no easy moral resolution, only the grinding tension of a past that refuses to stay buried.

Mood

Dread-soakedTenseBleakContemplative

Themes

RedemptionIdentityIsolationComing apart

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHandheld

Structure

Linear

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Child endangermentSexual violence

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