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Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: It is both difficult to watch and compelling. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Kassell, a first-time feature filmmaker, shows confidence and some lovely instincts. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: This potentially shattering film becomes too comfortable and pat, lacking in menace. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: This is dark material, this is depressing, but it's not depressing to see a film that in a very intelligent, thoughtful way examines difficult subjects. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: This is a gutsy little film, intense and interestingly acted. Read more
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic: A sometimes disturbing yet equally revealing film that examines the motivations of our worst societal outcasts and tries to make some sense of it all. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: If the trappings feel stilted, the performances keep the film on track. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Bacon, displaying the commitment essential to taking this part on, has a powerful hold on the role and refuses to let go. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: A compelling drama that pulls back the curtain on a problem of epidemic proportions. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: Walter isn't particularly likable. But to the film's credit, he becomes human. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Bacon wraps this buttoned-up guilty man in a paranoid daze of angry silence, as if even the most casual conversation about who he is could incriminate him. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: To watch this picture is to feel, and what you're feeling is an intense swirl of conflicting emotions -- disturbed, creeped-out, sorry, and, yes, even moved. Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: Revealing moments and Ms. Kassell's solid direction redeem the film's perfunctory script and deliver a film that will make you shiver and also make you think. This one will stay with you. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Overblown melodrama, as muddle-headed as it is palpably sincere. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: If the key to such a film is making the man sympathetic while the crime remains unspeakable, Kassell, Bacon and co-writer Steven Fechter succeed triumphantly. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: The power of The Woodsman is that it's willing to point these men out -- and unwilling to either write them off as cardboard villains or excuse them as poor deprived victims. Read more
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: If you're looking for a star of tomorrow, stop at Mos Def. The New York hip-hop artist gives a breakout performance as the morally indignant cop who keeps letting Walter know that he knows what he's doing. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: Offers a rare and uncommonly compassionate look at pedophilia, a psychological disorder most of us regard with horror and ignorance, and provides Kevin Bacon with the best role of his career. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: Nicole Kassell's lean, disturbing first film stars Kevin Bacon as a child molester struggling to re-enter society after 12 years in prison. Read more
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: [Ms. Kassell and Mr. Fechter] trick up Walter's character with so many conflicting moods and impulses and then place him within a post-prison society that is itself alternately oppressive and permissive. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: A lean and unapologetic piece about a type of person too often rendered in simplistic 'monster' colors. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Bacon is a strong and subtle actor, something that is often said but insufficiently appreciated. Here he employs all of his art. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Tasteful but not compromised. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Intense, intelligent and superbly acted. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: An involving, intense but ultimately confused portrait. Read more
David Rooney, Variety: A stunningly crafted work from first-time feature director Nicole Kassell. Read more
Jessica Winter, Village Voice: An engrossing study of a protagonist who variously inspires pity, clinical interest, fondness, and revulsion -- sometimes all at once. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Bacon's subtle, assured performance keeps us with him every step of the way. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: This by turns unsettling and inspiring drama offers no easy answers, let alone identifiable heroes or villains. Read more