Little Children (2006)

Academy Awards, USA 2007

Nominee Oscar	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Kate Winslet
	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Jackie Earle Haley
	Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Todd Field Tom Perrotta

New Line Cinema
Directed by Todd Field
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, New Line)

Suburban housewife Cate Winslet falls for suburban househusband Patrick Wilson at the local playground. They start a torrid love affair that threatens to destroy both of their lives. One of his friends likes to taunt the neighborhood sex offender. He takes it too far one day resulting in the death of his elderly mother. Cate and Patrick plan to run away together, but it is spoiled when he goes skateboarding instead and gets injured. Meanwhile, the sex offender kills himself in a public park. Exceptionally unpleasant story seems to be playing for laughs. A running narration, completely unnecessary, seems to mock everything that happens on screen.