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The Boy
Why this pick
A rigorously restrained character study of a man managing dangerous impulses, with the same unnerving closeness, moral discomfort, and wintry emotional isolation.
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MOVIE2004 1h 27m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Walter, a convicted Child molestation, returns home to Philadelphia after serving 12 years in prison. His friends and family have abandoned him, with the exception of his brother-in-law, Carlos. Walter's apartment is just across the street from an elementary school—an obvious source of temptation. He gets a job at a local lumber mill and meets Vicki, one of the few women working there. After sleeping with Vicki, Walter tells her that he molested little girls, but rationalizes his crimes by saying, "I didn't hurt them." Vicki is clearly shocked and disturbed by this new information, but before she can consider how to respond to it, Walter tells her to leave his apartment.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Kevin Bacon
Walter
David Alan Grier
Bob
Kyra Sedgwick
Vicki
Carlos Leon
Pedro
Eve
Mary-Kay
Benjamin Bratt
Carlos
Michael Shannon
Rosen
Hannah Pilkes
Robin