Movie Review: Little Children

Little Children is a new movie, currently showing at the NARO, based on a book by Tom Perrota and adapted to the screen by Todd Field. It is a drama, but also a thriller of sorts, following compellingly banal lives, that all somehow become interwoven by the end (a feature reminiscent of a P.T. Anderson film). The begining of the movie seems comical, but then the plot twists come and everything that you know the characters shouldn't do, they do. It's the kind of movie that is intriguing in all ways; the subtleties are profound (for those watching close) and the metaphors and symbollism are put on show for all to interpret, as they will. The acting is good and the character development sufficient. The movie is a bit long (130 mins) and while you do "feel that" it isn't neccessarily a bad thing. At parts disturbing, I would consider "Little Children" a great, tragic drama. It was well done, and despite a few overworked truisms you walk away feeling satisfied with the whole.
A-