“One of the year’s ten best films” - Richard Schickel, TIME “Bacon gives a great, austere and ultimately winning performance” - Richard Schickel, TIME “Kyra Sedgwick is equally good” - Richard Schickel, TIME “This tight, tense, minimalist movie constitutes and impressive debut for first time director Kassell” - Richard Schickel, TIME “Two Thumbs Up!” - Ebert & Roeper “Kevin Bacon gives one of his best performances in probably his most difficult role in The Woodsman” - Roger Ebert, Ebert & Roeper “Kyra Sedgwick gives a strong and subtle performance” - Roger Ebert, Ebert& Roeper “this is an uncompromising film” - Roger Ebert, Ebert & Roeper “Kevin Bacon gives a performance that will be talked about for years.” - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone “Nicole Kassell draws a haunting quietness from Bacon and a tough vulnerability from Sedgwick – two fresh performances from these screen vets” - Missy Schwartz, Entertainment Weekly “his understated, brilliantly realized performance is his best work ever” - Roger Friedman, Fox News “Bacon deserves a nomination” - Jack Mathews, New York Daily news “Kassell has serious talent” - Jack Mathews, New York Daily News “the movie is beautifully shot and the performances are all spot on” - Jack Mathews, New York Daily news “If you are looking for the star of tomorrow, stop at Mos Def” - Jack Mathews, New York Daily News “With Nicole Kassell's harrowing "The Woodsman," Kevin Bacon reveals the same masterful ability at portraying a man struggling to maintain his self-control that he brought to his performance in "Mystic River." Here he plays one of the toughest roles an actor can have: a child molester. Yet Bacon manages to earn sympathy for his Walter, freshly released from prison after serving a 12-year-sentence for molesting two little girls.” - Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times “Kevin Bacon gives one of his best performances.” - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times “Bacon has a powerful hold on the role and refuses to let go” - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times “Sedgwick gives one of her best, most relaxed performances” - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times “Def gives a wonderfully inspired performance” - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times *** ½ One of the year’s best - Lou Lumenick, New York Post “there isn’t a wasted frame in Nicole Kassell’s hugely impressive debut film.” - Lou Lumenick, New York Post “It’s definitely a work of art” - Lou Lumenick, New York Post “Kevin Bacon in a career-best performance” - Lou Lumenick, New York Post “Bacon gives a thoroughly committed performance that vividly portrays the character’s anguish without resorting to showboating” - Lou Lumenick, New York Post “Mos Def is outstanding” - Lou Lumenick, New York Post “Director Nicole Kassell pulls no punches in her depiction of social attitudes toward sex offenders, but what is most remarkable (and unsettling) is the way she leads us to see the world through her protagonist’s eyes and to feel his gnawing, paralyzing fear of succumbing, at any moment, to familiar temptations.” - Scott Foundas, Los Angeles Weekly “Thoroughly impressive debut feature” - Scott Foundas, Los Angeles Weekly “Kevin Bacon gives a startling, grimly intense performance.” - Scott Foundas, Los Angeles Weekly “Portrayed with a mix of steely reserve and begrudging pathos by Kevin Bacon” - John Anderson, NY Newsday “Bacon comes through, in what turns out to be one of the better independent films of 2004” - John Anderson, NY Newsday "On the strength of this acting trio alone -- all turn in fierce, career topping work -- the film is one of the season's most powerful." - Josh Rothkopf, Time Out New York “Sedgwick is [also] terrific, bringing a real sense of Vickie's less than serene past to a hardened woman still uncyniccal enough to be able to perceive something good within Walter.” - David Rooney, Daily Variety “Kyra Sedgwick offers ample supporting fireworks as a tough talking love interest plagued by her own history of abuse” - Anthony Kauffman, Variety “In The Woodsman, Kevin Bacon electrifies audiences with a powerful, sobering and stirringly human performance.” - Rex Reed, New York Observer “Kyra Sedgwick is rock solid” - Rex Reed, New York Observer “The Woodsman is one of the best films I have seen all year” - Irv Rudman, Beverly Hills Weekly “Don’t miss it” - Irv Rudman, Beverly Hills Weekly “The Woodsman is long on truth and utterly gripping” - Karen Durbin, Elle “A powerful drama” - Richard James Havis, Film Journal International “Kevin Bacon gives a superb performance.” - Dennis Dermody, Paper “Mos Def shines” - Dennis Dermody, Paper “The Woodsman represents a remarkable achievement for a neophyte director” - Patricia Thomson, American Cinematographer “Kassell demonstrates considerable directing chops” - Patricia Thomson, American Cinematographer “Kassell get the performance of a career out of Bacon” - Janice Page, The Boston Globe “Bacon’s transformation is textbook perfect” - Janice Page, Boston Globe Kevin Bacon: “an absolutely stunning performance” - Janice Page, Boston Globe “Stellar debut by writer-director Nicole Kassell” - Dan Dunn, Boston Metro