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Todd Field's "In the Bedroom" only slowly reveals its real subject in a story that has a shocking reversal at the end of the first act, and then looks more deeply than we could have guessed into the lives of its characters. At first, it seems to be about a summer romance.
Nov 23, 2001 · Expertly crafted and performed, In the Bedroom is a quietly wrenching portrayal of grief. Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in...
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In the Bedroom is a film of horrifying human truths, executed with patience and skill, and all of it should break your f*cking heart. It is one of the most magnificent films of the decade. 43 out of 46 found this helpful.
IN THE BEDROOM paints a haunting, painfully honest portrait of a family's grief and simmering rage. Set in a suspiciously innocuous oceanside New England suburb, the film begins with a couple's seemingly innocent and romantic romp in a flowered field.
Feb 8, 2002 · In the Bedroom: Directed by Todd Field. With Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei. A New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband.
Nov 23, 2001 · Set in a tranquil town on the coast of Maine, In the Bedroom tells the story of a couple whose only child is involved in a love affair with a single mother. When the relationship comes to a sudden and tragic end, each person must face the intensely difficult decision of how to respond.
`In The Bedroom' is a beautiful film, brilliantly paced, slow but steady, climaxing with Sissy Spacek's smashing of a plate on the kitchen floor, then rolling heavily into the intensity of the inevitable but shocking conclusion.
