In the Bedroom

Pros: Acting, directing, story
Cons: None

Everybody wants to live in a town where they can live their lives in peace and security. In the quiet town of Camden, Maine, the residents have come to expect that. Everyday life, however, becomes shattered for two families in this town in “In The...

Pros: Sissy Spacek is a draw for the movie.
Cons: A common plot with average acting for the most part.

Pros: Quietly powerful performances
Cons: none

In the Bedroom is a powerful movie that portrays some of the truest and most painful of emotions. Set in a small New England town, parents Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson are in the midst of a summer with their home from college son (Nick...

Pros: Somewhat realistic, solid acting from some of the actors
Cons: Detachment from characters, THE ENDING, seems to head nowhere, a poor screenplay

Upon reflection, 2001 was not a very good year for movies. The Best Picture clearly should have been The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, instead of the solid but rather ordinary, A Beautiful Mind. Moulin Rouge, while...

Pros: Sensational story-moments of unexpected heartache captured in time.
Cons: None

In the Bedroom is a phenomenal new movie. I consider myself an avid moviegoer. I think it is in my genes. From the time my Dad was a small boy, he would basically hide in the darkness of the cinema to escape the ravages of world depression. For a...

Pros: Wilkinson, Spacek, Stahl and Tomei, direction, screenplay, musical score
Cons: You might have to scratch up s brain cell or two.

Of all the movies I have seen lately, this one has been the most surprising, and among the best. The first feature length film by Todd Field, In the Bedroom stands as proof that you don’t have to have a huge Hollywood budget, or Tom Cruise...

Pros: Acting, Writing, Directing
Cons: nothing

When I first heard the title "In The Bedroom" I thought to myself "hm sounds like an independent porn film" I then noticed how many great reviews it was getting from some of the top reviewers. I often enjoy independent films and find it a shame that they...

Pros: Strong performances, a powerful mood, authentic Maine locations.
Cons: A melodramatic shock which could have been modified in the screenplay.

When a man lives with a woman for many years, he understands certain inner thoughts of his wife, but there are many he does not. The wife, on the other hand, usually knows everything about him, except perhaps how much he can stand. The matter is...

Pros: Stunning direction, powerful subject, incredible acting and atmosphere
Cons: None

When I write a music review, I always talk about how I judge just how good a CD by how long it stays in my stereo.

With movies, I judge how good they are by how long they stay in my heart. Using that criteria alone, In The Bedroom is a...

Pros: The poetry, I love great poetry, and some scenic shoot of New England.
Cons: Everything else in the film.

Stunned silence. Like a bubble enveloping my spouse and I, it floated in the still air of the theater. The spouse and I looked at one another with that all too familiar look on our faces, the one that shouted without speaking “huh, what was that?”...

Pros: The first half is engrossing and interesting.
Cons: The second half is just kind of there, doing nothing.

Wow, it's been a long time since I've done any reviews. Time passes way to quickly any more. Once again, I grabbed a screening copy of a movie at the video store where I work, expecting great things. Oscar nominations generally mean a movie has...

Pros: it's not unwatcheable
Cons: I'd still rather not watch it

I went into In the Bedroom hoping for a drama worthy of it's Oscar nomination, seeing as I still believe, somewhere deep down, that the Academy isn't full of shit. I can possibly back up my (now waning) faith - LOTR and A Beautiful Mind were...

Pros: Unforgettable, touching, and just beautiful.
Cons: Not for people used to "Titanic" sized movies.

First of all, let me just say that In the Bedroom is an extremely outstanding movie. It is absolutely unforgettable, and after you see it you will want to rush out and tell the whole world about this experience.

I first went into this...

Pros: All of the actors are great, Director Field creates an impressive film.
Cons: None

It is fairly unusual for an independent film to be the victim of a misleading ad campaign, but “In The Bedroom” may be such a rarity. More than a few people I told about this film said that they were not interested because it appears to be a revenge sort...

Pros: A master class in acting on the parts of all leads and supports.
Cons: melodramatic conclusions and twists that are flat, uninspired, and actually incongrous.

This film earns its stripes inspite of its story and, in particular, inspite of its conclusion. I have not read the work it is based on, a short story by Andre Dubus. Boil away the movie down to its story elements and you get something like this: College...