End of LITTLE CHILDREN...

I loved this movie and thought it was one of the best films of last year...but was I the only one who felt like there was a huge buildup the entire movie to some kind of an explosive ending and then it just kinda...ended. It didn't tie up any of the loose plot ends and just kinda left everything as it was...

I mean it could be symbolic of Todd and Sarah's realtionship not really ending or something to that effect...

What did you guys think?

I had lukewarm feelings about this film until the very end. It was the saving grace of the film IMO.

Btw, I'm currently reading this novel.

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Yeah, there's a definite kind of let down at the end, they build you up for a big finish and then, gosh, it never happens. Kind of the point of the movie. What did you expect? A flaming car crash? Alien invasions? Or did you really expect them to just drive off and live happily ever after?

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I agree munk; the book was spectacular. I liked it more than the movie and I thought the movie was incredibly well-done. Tom Perrotta is an amazing author. And I liked the ending to the book better than the movie ending. It was perfectly satirical and intelligent on so many different levels.

Gregg Edelman, Jennifer Connelly, Patrick Wilson, Kate Winslet and Jackie Earle Haley are brilliant in this great movie!

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Seeing Patrick Wilson's smoldering tight ass was well worth "the journey".... although the narration bit annoyed me

Gregg Edelman proves his talent once again, even with a supporting role.
The acting of this movie is extraordinary, everyone is terrific.

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I agree with Munk, Edelman was swell but he only had about three scenes that I can remember.
And muscle, I felt the title of the movie couldn't have been more appropriate. The film was just not well-publicized and it treated a theme that really most people don't really want to hear about. At no time did I feel I was watching a potential hit when I saw this, I just knew I was watching a mesmerizing, divine, exquisite movie with some of the best acting of the film season. Kate Winslet is my favorite actress of her generation, her versatility never fails to surprise me (even within the same film) and I'm glad Patrick Wilson keeps getting cast in these challenging, completely different roles, I would have given him an Oscar nod.
I thought this movie was better than IN THE BEDROOM and definitely deserved the Best Picture nod. Anyways, so off-topic.

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I loved the narration, which added an unexpected layer of lightness the film very desperately needed. I don't think I would have liked it nearly as much without it. It would have just turned into another somber bleak look at dysfunctional surburban families. Yeah, I know already. All suburban families are f*cked up way worse than they allow themselves to appear, unlike the entire rest of the world. Blah blah blah... It's been done to death. I felt the ending was satisfying enough. Had it ended with the two characters going off blissfully together, I would have probably thrown the DVD out the window. I wanted the characters to be "happy", but to fix their own sh*t first at home (stay or go, but confront the situation and sort out what needs to be done), and then move on.

The movie was good, but I didn't think it was as incredibly fabulous as all the buzz lead me to believe. Did it deserve a Best Picture nod? Well, it was better than The Departed, but then, so were most of the films last year.

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If you haven't been able to get your hands on a copy of "Little Children: The Shooting Script" book with script, comments and photos, here's a link to the joblo site which has the script itself. It's great to see what was planned and what ended up on screen, what is different, etc.

It's a pdf file of about 115 pages and the copy that was scanned has Tom Perotta and Todd Field's autographs.

http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/Little_Children-script.pdf

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