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Title: SCARY, TENSE DRAMA. KEVIN BACON'S BEST PERFORMANCE
Review: Kevin Bacon gives the performances of his career in THE WOODSMAN (Sony), a provocative drama about a convicted pedophile re-entering society. Bacon and his wife Kyra Sedgwick co-produced and co-star in the film adaptation of Stephen Fechter's disturbing play. The movie version never loses focus. For the entire film, I was in a state of growing tension, trapped between sympathy and repulsion. It was only during the end credits, with Patti LaBelle's extraordinary a capella rendition of "His Eye is on the Sparrow" that I felt relief, and possibly hope, for Walter, Bacon's unfortunate and unforgettable character. (And yes, the movie makes it clear that pedophiles cannot be "cured.")
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