Before I start my comment on the actual movie, I just want to say that I read some of the other comments and wanted to make some corrections on some of the comments I read.
Kevin Bacon's character isn't a "convicted pedophile".
Last I heard, being a pedophile was not illegal, just as being heterosexual, gay or lesbian is not illegal.
Kevin's character is a convicted "sex offender" who has been released from prison after 12 years and has to get his life back in order, just as all ex-cons have to do upon they're release.
The movie shows just how hard a convicted sex offender, or any ex-con, has after they have done their time and try to build a new life upon their release.
It's especially harder for sex offenders, even the ones convicted of sex crimes involving "minors".
The movie honestly shows how "people attracted to minors" are treated (and how they would not be treated) in the current society we live in. The message that "not all pedophiles are child molesters" rings thru as the story evolves.
ALthough "Walter" says he went to prison for "molesting" several girls, he said he never hurt any of them, which tells me that maybe he wasn't exactly "molesting" them since no harm was involved, but he never goes into detail about "how" he he had sexual relations them.
The other pedophile in the movie that "Walter" discovers, well, apparently "was"the type of person that "would" molest.
At any rate, I think Kevin Bacon and the others involved with this movie handled a delicate subject matter relatively nicely.
Kevin Bacon's character isn't a "convicted pedophile".
Last I heard, being a pedophile was not illegal, just as being heterosexual, gay or lesbian is not illegal.
Kevin's character is a convicted "sex offender" who has been released from prison after 12 years and has to get his life back in order, just as all ex-cons have to do upon they're release.
The movie shows just how hard a convicted sex offender, or any ex-con, has after they have done their time and try to build a new life upon their release.
It's especially harder for sex offenders, even the ones convicted of sex crimes involving "minors".
The movie honestly shows how "people attracted to minors" are treated (and how they would not be treated) in the current society we live in. The message that "not all pedophiles are child molesters" rings thru as the story evolves.
ALthough "Walter" says he went to prison for "molesting" several girls, he said he never hurt any of them, which tells me that maybe he wasn't exactly "molesting" them since no harm was involved, but he never goes into detail about "how" he he had sexual relations them.
The other pedophile in the movie that "Walter" discovers, well, apparently "was"the type of person that "would" molest.
At any rate, I think Kevin Bacon and the others involved with this movie handled a delicate subject matter relatively nicely.