Little Children

Summary: The lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages, a registered sex offender, and a disgraced ex-police officer intersect as they struggle to resist their vulnerabilities and temptations in suburban Massachusetts.

Release Date: February 09, 2007

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Todd Field

Writers: Todd Field

, Tom Perrotta

Runtime: 2 h 17 min

MPAA: R

Production: New Line Cinema, Bona Fide Productions, Standard Film Company

Distributor: HBO Max, New Line Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 26,000,000

Domestic: $ 5,463,019

International: $ 9,358,639

Box office:

Budget:$26MDomestic:$5.5MInternational:$9.4MWorldwide:$14.8M

Adaptation/remake:

based on novel

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New Line Cinema

(Warner Bros. Entertainment subsidiary)

The Rotten Tomatoes audience rated this 2% higher than the critics.

80%82%

The Metacritic audience rated this 2% higher than the critics.

Metacritic Meta:

75/100

Metacritic User:

77/100

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61% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

0% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White88.89%Jewish11.11%

0.10

LGBTQ content included:

gay

Possibly woke elements:

feminist, prejudice, feminism

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Violence3/5
Sex5/5
Language3/5
Consumerism3/5
Drugs3/5

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Kairos	12	1	13		A third party facial recognition software company we used to maintain objectivity. Upload images to the facial recognition demo page to check the veracity of our data set. Or use their API and do a bulk peer review if you'd like. Source: https://www.kairos.com/demos
Forebears	5		5
Total	17	1	18
Cast Percentages	94.44%	5.56%	100%	{"name":"Cast Percentages","series":[{"name":"White","y":94.44,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}
U.S. Population (1990) Percentage	75.6%	12.1%		{"name":"U.S. Population (1990)","series":[{"name":"White","y":75.6,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Arab","y":0.35,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Asian","y":2.78,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Black","y":12.1,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Indian","y":0.33,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Indigenous","y":0.8,"color":"#aaeeee"},{"name":"Latino","y":9,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":3.9,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":2.22,"color":"#ff0066"}],"prefix":""}	Source: US Census (Note: Racial and ethnic categories overlap so the sum will not equal 100%.)
U.S. Population (1990) Representation	+18.84	-6.54		{"name":"U.S. Population (1990)","series":[["White",75.6],["Black",12.1]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":94.44,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Percentage	81.25%	7.72%		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[{"name":"White","y":6413300000000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":276400000000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":609100000000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":40300000000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":494000000000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":60300000000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: Selig Center, University of Georgia
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Representation	+13.19	-2.16		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[["White",81.25],["Black",7.72]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":94.44,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Percentage	80.3%	8.65%		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":11408903646984,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":465372241363,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":1229363999071,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":86625140358,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":610568280000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":407206884474,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: IPUMS-CPS, University of Minnesota
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Representation	+14.14	-3.09		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[["White",80.3],["Black",8.65]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":94.44,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
World population (1987) Percentage	18.62%	10.11%		{"name":"World population (1987) ","series":[{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":9703733585,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":28391657782,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":6507075061,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"White","y":92803668309,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":50388764822,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":176248710393,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":34238839793,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":98364767685,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":1702032879,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World population (1987) Representation	+75.82	-4.55		{"name":"World population (1987) ","series":[["White",18.62],["Black",10.11]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":94.44,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
World Buying Power Percentage	36.48%	6.38%		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[{"name":"White","y":3010602822170000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":771525888400000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":91700962050000,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":526264226360000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":174285727610000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":148984454560000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":526400066100000,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":2431392083750000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":572687873900000,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World Buying Power Representation	+57.96	-0.82		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[["White",36.48],["Black",6.38]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":94.44,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Black","y":5.56,"color":"#f45b5b"}]}
Notes

adulterous wife adultery advertising ambulance american flag american football anal sex bar bar exam bare breasts bare butt bare chested male based on novel beanie baby bicycle bikini binoculars black comedy book book club boxer shorts boy boyfriend girlfriend relationship brother sister relationship brushing teeth bully cafe car impound car seat card game castration catalogue caught masturbating caught watching pornography cell phone child abuse child molestation child molester circular staircase clock coin toss community computer confession consulting firm cook cosco criminal record crying death of father death of mother deliberate cruelty demonstration discontent dishwashing diving mask documentary filmmaker dog dressing room duct tape dysfunctional marriage editing room emergency room exercise extreme close up father son playing together fear federal express female breadwinner female frontal nudity female full rear nudity female nudity female rear nudity female removes her clothes female star appears nude feminism feminist fence figurine film editing film editor fitness walking flashback flower flyer football game forklift friend friendship gate gay girl wears panties graffiti guard dog handshake harassment heart attack high chair homeland security hospital house husband hummel figurine husband wife relationship hypocrisy indecent exposure independent film internet porn internet pornography irreverence jester's cap kiss knocked unconscious kubrickian lawyer leftovers leg spreading letter library lie lifting up dress loud sex loudspeaker lust magazine male bare butt male female relationship male full rear nudity male nudity male objectification male rear nudity male star appears nude mall man in a shower man wears a swimsuit man wears panties on his face marital separation masters degree masturbation medication megaphone miniskirt miracle misogynist mother daughter relationship mother son relationship multiple storylines national guard nervous breakdown news report nipples nipples visible through clothing no panties note nudity on the scene reporter overalls pajamas pantyhose pedophile pedophile witchhunt pedophilia penis perversion photograph playground police officer pornography poster prejudice preserved flower probation prom king promiscuous mother psychiatrist ptsd post traumatic stress disorder public swimming pool rain rainstorm reading rear nudity reckless driving reference to crime and punishment reference to madame bovary reference to michael moore reference to pbs reflection remarriage rest stop restaurant retired policeman retirement rough sex rubber gloves sadness satire scantily clad female scrubbing a sidewalk searchlight secret see through panties sex from behind sex in bed sex offender sex scene sex standing up sexual abuse sexual attraction sexual pleasure sexual tension shooting shower sidewalk siren the alarm skateboard skateboard accident skateboarder skateboarding slow motion scene small town sniffing panties snorkel snorkeling soldier split screen stairway storm stroller stuffed toy suburb suitcase supermarket surrogate sister swim flippers swimming swimming pool swimsuit swimwear swing talking during sex talking to oneself taxi television reporter temper tantrum tinfoil swan tissue topless female nudity touch football touchdown tow truck toy train train transvestite tv news twin underwater scene underwear upper middle class upskirt van vandalism vigilante village voice over narration waiter watching tv water wings wearing a diving mask and snorkle in a swimming pool woman in a shower woman moans woman wears a one piece swimsuit woman wears a red one piece swimsuit woman wears eyeglasses

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Message 0/5	Characters lie and commit adultery; a central storyline involves a convicted pedophile recently released from prison and harassed by neighbors (including graffiti on sidewalk and house); consequently, there's much discussion of pedophilia and the violent neighborhood tactics to punish him; adults tend to treat their children as accessories while behaving like children themselves.
Violence 3/5	A few football scenes are hard-hitting (sound and images); a man mutilates himself off-screen (with very bloody on-screen results); an elderly woman suffers heart failure during an argument; a fall off of a skateboard jump leaves a man in a neck brace; discussion of a past shooting.
Sex 5/5	Adulterous affair includes sexual activity and some nudity (including bottoms and breasts); intercourse on a washing machine, on the floor, in a bed; a character visits an Internet porn site and masturbates with a pair of panties on his face.
Language 3/5	Several uses of "f--k," plus other profanity.
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Drugs 3/5	Cigarette smoking and some social drinking; one character discusses her "mostly psychotropic" medications.

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