In The Bedroom
"The Best Picture Of The Year!" -The New York Times
Nominated for 5 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, this universally acclaimed film features Academy Award® winners Sissy Spacek and Marisa Tomei and Academy Award® nominee Tom Wilkinson.
When young Frank Fowler (Nick Stahl) becomes romantically involved with an older single mother (Tomei), his parents (Spacek and Wilkinson) are concerned. But when the relationship takes a sudden and tragic turn, the Fowlers are forced to confront the harsh reality of their situation and the inescapable consequences of their actions.
An uncommonly suspenseful and disturbing film powered by a remarkable cast, In the Bedroom has been hailed by critics everywhere as one of the year's finest motion pictures.
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Misled by the critics - Amadeus
Okay I'm feeling a lot better after reading some of the users' comments. (I read the critics comments first.) I saw this movie yesterday and spent the first half hour wondering why I couldn't connect to anything or anybody. The movie is far too rambling and long. It has too many unnecessary scenes showing nothing happening, and not enough really getting into the main characters, and frankly is not that good. Spacek was okay but only had a little serious acting to do here and there. WIlkinson (who was the reason I went, I've really liked him in everything I've seen him in, certainly The Full Monty) was good in what he had to do. Celia Weston was just about the best thing in it, actually the only person who really reached me. And did anyone else see Andrew Wyeth scenes set up here and there? Overall I went into the movie with a lot of anticipation and came out with a lot of frustration.Evocatively observant - SPSullivan
Audiences searching for a plot should look elsewhere; "In The Bedroom" is one of those movies which is low on incident and, true, this makes its opening hour a bit sluggish. But plot simply isn't the point here; "In The Bedroom" is the sort of film in which characters are placed in a situation, and the entire picture is simply an observation of how they react, cope, and learn from that situation. In this case, the focus is on Matt and Ruth. At the start of the movie, they share a warm relationship, but there are hints that this is at least partly a veneer -- that the years they have spent together have quietly opened up an almost imperceptible void which separates them. The events of "In The Bedroom" do not only widen that void, but cast Matt and Ruth headlong into it. We watch as their marriage crumbles, and we are left to wonder how they will be transformed, both as individuals and as a couple, by the film's end. This kind of film relies on its actors, and all involved are more than up to the challenge. Wilkinson is amiably understated as the father whose best days are behind him; Spacek is sublime as the rock-steady mother who suddenly finds there's no ground beneath her feet. And Field's direction is excellent: gentle and almost deceptively evocative of its maritime setting, yet shocking and unrelenting when it needs to be.Subtle. Character Driven. Real. - cathyottawa
I can't argue with the reviewers who found this dull. This is not an action packed movie.
Alot of this story is internal; it's about knowing what characters are feeling and thinking just by their actions and expressions. That's why Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson's performances are so amazing, and it's why they, and Marisa Tomei were all nominated for Oscars, and the film was nominated for best picture.
This is about the things we don't say. The silences that grow. It's about the explosion of emotion when we do finally let it out. It's about love and grief. It's about letting go and moving on, or not being able to let go and never moving on.
There is a moment when Tom Wilkinson sees a picture of Marisa Tomei near the end of the film - his reaction says a thousand words.
I thought this was a beautiful, sorrowful film.
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Misled by the critics - Amadeus
Okay I'm feeling a lot better after reading some of the users' comments. (I read the critics comments first.) I saw this movie yesterday and spent the first half hour wondering why I couldn't connect to anything or anybody. The movie is far too rambling and ...Evocatively observant - SPSullivan
Audiences searching for a plot should look elsewhere; "In The Bedroom" is one of those movies which is low on incident and, true, this makes its opening hour a bit sluggish. But plot simply isn't the point here; "In The Bedroom" is the sort of film in which ...Subtle. Character Driven. Real. - cathyottawa
I can't argue with the reviewers who found this dull. This is not an action packed movie.
Alot of this story is internal; it's about knowing what characters are feeling and thinking just by their actions and expressions. That's why Sissy Spacek and ...