Little Children

A very dramactic film that deals with serious issues. One married woman discontent with her life and one married man

discontent with his spells T-R-O-U-B-L-E. Perhaps inspired by the book Madame Bovary, the film is created in a flow that is intriguing, comedic, and tragic. I don't quite understand how the sex offender was in relation to the other characters. It was interesting to see a film that dealt with such complex emotions and issues and only can it be done successfully through brilliant actors. 3 out 4

This film inspires me to work hard in my marriage and to really lift up my significant other. How easy it is to go about the day like a robot and not even once glance over to your partner and give a word of encouragement or acts of kindness.

It reminded me of a discussion I had with a friend and how she told me that women need to be wise in their marraiges and how important it is to lift up their husbands in love and encouragement. In the movie, I see the character Brad and how he just feels so emasculated by his wife because she is the breadwinner and he's a stay at home dad. His failure to pass an exam that he clearly doesn't really care for just adds to his despair and leads him in an affair that he later regrets. My friend tells me this story a CEO of a company and his wife stop at a gas station. The wife goes in to get some snacks and drinks and the man that pumped the gas in to their car goes in to get change. The CEO notices that the wife and the man that pumped their gas exchanged a few words. The wife returns to the car and the CEO asked if she new the gas guy. She answered that they dated in high school. Then the CEO laughs and said, "hey, you could have been a wife of a guy that worked at a gas station." And she turned and looked at her husband and said," No sweetie, if I married him, he'd be the CEO of a company and you'd be the guy pumping gas." Love it!