The Woodsman (2004) - Mos Def's Powerful Monologue About Child abuse/murder.

Mos Def delivers a powerful monologue about paedophiles and child killer/sex offenders in this hard to watch film "The Woodsman" starring Kevin Bacon as a convicted child molester.

[@adamelam6385]

Wow, he nailed this scene. No overacting, just proper emotion for a disturbing subject.

[@Sophie-cq5lq]

Mos Def is a great actor!!!

[@mikejunior211]

Everyone has a great performance in this movie BUT Mos Def steals the show.

[@crisv3283]

A great rapper too

[@773SleepyHollow]

He should have gotten a Best Supporting Actor nomination for this (I remember that his name was in the mix at the time).

[@Mixedmetalhead]

He mos def is!

[@Itz-Kid-Zeleaqio]

​@Mixedmetalhead I get it! Nice!!!

[@fishypictures]

Men like this don’t win Oscar’s but they win respect , no doubt, he pulled this dialogue from his own heart, that’s what made it real.

[@Mmmkay10]

Mos Def deserved to be nominated just for that scene alone! SO POWERFUL AND INTROSPECTIVE!

[@diago951]

He puts the plant in the shadows so that it can live. Nice symbolism there

[@TankSwift]

When he tells the story of little red riding hood, he is telling him that he knows that he was in the woods with the girl in the red.

[@genghiskhanxxx5276]

This scene was before that happened

[@barad-dur9236]

@@genghiskhanxxx5276 it was not. There are two visits at the park. One before the monologue, and one after.

[@genghiskhanxxx5276]

@@barad-dur9236 youre right i watched it again, its a great film but why in gods name does he think its okay to be talking a child alone in the woods when he's a registered molester? I wouldn't even talk to a child in public without feeling like everyone's looking at me suspiciously

[@barad-dur9236]

@@genghiskhanxxx5276 he was tempted to fuck up again, but the subsequent visit with robin was the cure; she told him she didn’t enjoy when her dad did the same stuff to her, and that seemed to be what got through to him that he WAS hurting those young girls when he molested them

[@ainnochaim9450]

@@barad-dur9236 the cure?? 😅😅 The only cure is death.

[@natahliasmith2848]

Why have I never heard of this movie? This looks like a movie that will stay with you forever.

[@Smurffitness]

very,very dark subject. and it dose.

[@jarradwalk6464]

Yes it really does, amazingly done

[@Fernandodbsb]

Because is brutal

[@rodriga1985]

It's one of those, "watch it once, and never again" type of movies. It's pretty damn disturbing. I remember I bought it back in 2004 knowing nothing about it, and solely bought it bc of the cast alone. (Mos Def was huge back then) watched it once, and that was it. It's pretty fucked up.

[@stephaniejunkins9674]

Idk what yall are talking about... As disturbing as it may have been, it was a huge letdown imo. Boring af.

[@rigas333]

Mos Def couldve won an Oscar if he kept it up. That was a great great performance

[@MaeyiQuinn]

This was great mainly because the red riding hood story, mixed with his little hint about what ivy likes, was his way of telling Kevin that he knew he was already looking for another child.

[@NorthPhilly-zr7xc]

That's deep I never new that wow

[@Eric-steele]

Once in a while I have to come back and watch this scene just because it's so well done

[@DunmoresMovieMania]

When is Mos Def gonna be recognized by the Academy as one of the greatest actors alive today?

[@zarkoostojic9063]

today he would've been an oscar material easily...

[@rashan2424]

Actually no bc the subject of the movie is so dark and depressing the Oscar team would usually ignore movies like this

[@florinivan6907]

@@rashan2424 The Oscars like Oscar bait. Dark is good but not too disturbing.

[@ghostman1994]

This was a depressing movie, but I did like it.

[@ghostman1994]

***** I know and I'm not saying that they shouldn't go through this I was just saying that I Iike the movie even though it was depressing.

[@Rexdog96]

Mos Def does an awesome job with this scene. Strong.

[@nizzageorge1348]

one of the greatest acting film scenes I have ever seen

[@BramsCommando]

Mighty Mos Def - It's simple mathematics

[@dogburndan]

Powerful scene.

[@sassylovee9724]

I've always been in love with Mos Def

[@trippydippy-j5n]

when he starts rocking on that chair he is so angry inside. Very bleak and dark film but a very good one. Wouldn't get made today. He only asks two specific questions, the rest of the conversation is about getting inside the pedo's head, and the cop does one thing in the situation that he should not do - show or speak anger as he does at the end, "i don't know why they keep letting freaks like you out" but I guess its grizzly stuff and bound to happen. also, amazing camera work in this scene it's always slowly zooming in and out. the "do you believe in fairy tales ?" is a real cop doing his job, he already noticed in an earlier scene that Kevin Bacon's character loves fairy tales.

[@Harbaksh1234]

Great performance from Mos Def...

[@TheBermudaMan]

Walter is a sick man, but I wouldn't say he's a purely _evil_ man. "Henry," on the other hand, was. Then again, we never know any specific details about Walter's crimes, which only adds another uncomfortable layer of ambiguity.

[@gabrielelatorre22]

Seguiva la ragazzine, ma non ha mai abusato di loro

[@joshbusfieldakabitterphase2478]

really respected this man after watching this

[@blacjackdaniels200]

This movie was disturbing and uncomfortable to watch. The sigh of relief I had at the end when he told the girl go Home and She hugged Him was unbelievable.

[@NorthPhilly-zr7xc]

Facts mos def did great in this scene

[@titaniumonkey]

its like hes saying "become a woodsman, hunt them cos you are one"

[@Xentradi97]

He should've won an award for this.

[@gawthic1]

Damn. I remembered this scene after I read an article just now about a little girl killed by a drunk driver. The cop who found the girl was distraught af.

[@NorthPhilly-zr7xc]

What happen to the girl

[@MrJimmyTide]

@@NorthPhilly-zr7xc she scraped her knee.

[@collinmartin9925]

Mos should’ve gotten a best supporting actor nod

[@TheMan-qv1bl]

This man was a very underrated actor

[@Phawks-Phire]

Such a powerful scene!

[@anxioussamurai9017]

I like to believe that by the end, the Wolf became the Woodsman.

[@chasehedges6775]

“You die a Hero or live long enough to become the villain.” - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight

[@whocares2126]

What a good actor that guy is.

[@Seekingtruth-mx3ur]

This scene with Mos Def's description was pretty disturbing and powerful at the same time. My exact sentiments about these freaks.

[@virginianatalie2879]

The Mighty Mos

[@Maniiok]

... once said that it was his way of protecting his heart. You know. And everything fell at place. I've been ashamed of different things in my life, for how I've been bullied or for what I've done, but my shoulders... oh, they've been pointing exactly like that. Like... like if... like if I've just been waiting, praying for a pair of wings to grow. A pair of wings that could release me from my shame and from my guilt. Sorry for blablabla:ing. Anyway, a truly great movie, this is!

[@kingpiece5705]

I know this is a 6 year old comment, but I wanted to let you know stranger to stranger that I see you for what you are. You're a human being and you're flawed like we all are. I don't know what kind of shame and guilt you're dealing with, and I'm sure I can't imagine the burden. I don't want to say some fake inspirational bullshit, it feels so phony. Really what I wanted was to say thank you for your comment, and for what it's worth, I see you brother. One love

[@stitchesful]

What's going on in this scene? Is he getting through to him here? Making him feel guilty and making him want to change?

[@orlandobabe]

He was trying to get him to confess of a crime he believes Bacon committed. But he didn't.

[@davidf2244]

The woodsman saved the little girl in the story after the wolf ate her. He's talking about that's not possible in the real world. He has to wait until a crime is committed and the little girl is killed to kill the wolf, and there's no bringing that little girl back.

[@joshburns4611]

@Bill Patrick Jones I think the screenwriter wrote that part that way on purpose. It's so common that when you find out a person is a sex offender you imagine the person molesting a child or brutally raping a woman. When in certain cases an adult could have been arrested for just dating a minor 1 or 2 years under the legal age of consent.

[@theenglishalpinist5031]

I think so. He is trying to shame Walter out of it by showing him he how close he is to being like those most evil guys. It's very telling that Mos says "some of those guys.." meaning he is not including Walter in the same ilk.

[@wojciechkomar197]

@@theenglishalpinist5031 I think he maby knows abaut the girl that Walter stalks and talks to

[@thekid4576]

Yasiine Yasiine Yasiine!

[@clareowens2597]

Mos Def? Is that short for Most Definitely?

[@kil44ua43]

Yes

[@reekhavoc2932]

Check him out, bae. 😍😘

[@AllSeeingThai]

It mos def is

[@christineohehir8580]

Brilliant acting

[@Sophie_kent]

Mos Def is a great actor

[@gilrandall315]

Mos Def🔥💪 he did his thing carmen

[@NorthPhilly-zr7xc]

Wth is carmen

[@nazzswift8114]

Gunnel Gainey a movie he did with Mekhi phife , Beyoncé, Lil bow wow

[@NorthPhilly-zr7xc]

@@nazzswift8114 oh yeah I know that movie

[@WrvrUgoThrUR]

Reminds me of the Tommy Lee Jones monologue from ‘No Country For Old Men’.

[@ricardomagal1790]

People don't like this movie because they wanna live their lives without thinking that stuff like this is happening all around the world right now as I type this comment. I was a victim of sexual abuse as a child. I could never go back to that state of innocence and ignorance.

[@skiptracerbob]

Yasiin Bey, a true artist

[@reekhavoc2932]

And we do it for hip hop! Woahhh 🎶

[@aliinottingham]

great film

[@MrBeautiful2908]

I don’t understand pedophiles. It’s friggin disgusting. All I think about is my kids.

[@williamneigum7002]

when the rapper is better actor then the actor

[@joey_dangerously]

Calling Mos Def a rapper is like calling Kevin Bacon a dancer.

[@ihonestlydontevenknow4359]

@@joey_dangerously mf please. mos def is a top 10 rapper of all time.

[@clareowens2597]

@@joey_dangerously He IS a dancer lol. Didn’t you see Footloose?

[@joey_dangerously]

@@clareowens2597 That's my point. Mos Def is a real actor and has studied the craft. He's not just a musician who turned to acting just off of name recognition.

[@gabrielelatorre22]

Aspe attore chi ?

[@BrendaSwagg]

Kevin bacon got no lips tho

[@D13Nword]

And you're black

[@MrParkerman6]

Alice in Wonderland Technically isn't a fairytale.

[@NorthPhilly-zr7xc]

MrParkerman6 it is

[@kitpalmer1583]

@@NorthPhilly-zr7xc as I understand it, fairy tales are folklore passed down through time. Alice in Wonderland is just a novel written by one dude.

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[@TheStop]

i actually dont think Mos def is a good actor this scene

[@NorthPhilly-zr7xc]

He did good in this scene

[@AirmanRugby6]

Mos Def stinks.

[@ryanpalmer6871]

If he stinks you smell like shit. Mos def is straight qualified

[@NorthPhilly-zr7xc]

Aaron Taylor wym you say that

[@gdtimi]

You smell like Pwoosy

[@AirmanRugby6]

@@ryanpalmer6871 I mean, Mos Def hasn’t HD a hot record since 2004, he hasn’t been in a movie in almost a decade, and there’s not one banger track of his that stands the test of time. I almost feel sorry if you’re a fan of this nobody, it’s almost worse than being a fan of D’Angelo.

[@AirmanRugby6]

@@NorthPhilly-zr7xc I mean he stinks as a musician, he stinks as an actor, and he stinks as an intellectual. The man was garbage, as has been proven by the pst decade of his career. There’s not one Mos Def song that shows up in my playlist, hell I’d be playing R Kelly, Fat Pat, and Lil Troy before Mos Def.