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Jan 14, 2000 · Tom ( Freddie Cunliffe) is a 15-year-old, silent and sad because he misses his friends in London. Jessie ( Lara Belmont) is 18 years old, ripe with beauty. This looks like a cheerful story. Roth tells it obliquely, sensitive to the ways families keep secrets even from themselves. Early in the film the mother's time comes and the whole family ...
After his family relocates from London to rural Devon, sullen British teen Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) spends most of his time moping about the house. When he inadvertently discovers an incestuous ...
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The War Zone British actor Tim Roth proves he is also a gifted director with "The War Zone," an intimate, sharply observed drama about a working-class family torn apart by incest and parental abuse.
Brilliant and heartbreaking, takes place in the present but is timeless. Sellbinding, distressing, and possessed of a dark and terrible beauty. In all respects, from choice of material to fullness of execution on every level, The War Zone is an extraordinary piece of work. One of the most impressive actor-to-filmmaker transitions in recent years.
Dec 10, 1999 · For fifteen-year old Tom (Cunliffe), the war zone is at the heart of his seemingly happy middle-class family. Nothing can prepare him for the terrible secret that binds his father (Winstone) and his seventeen-year-old sister Jessie (Belmont). Isolated, confused and consumed by adolescent anger, Tom is determined to reveal the truth. (Lot 47 Films)
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cedric_owl 15 March 2005. Strange, opaque and deeply unsettling, the War Zone is the only way a film about a topic as horrifying as incest should be. Tim Roth, realizing that the family of the film is too far gone to elicit much empathy from the audience, simply tries to convey the story as truthfully as possible.
The War Zone received mainly positive reviews. It has a score of 84% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 31 reviews with an average rating of 7.4 out of 10. The site's critics' consensus states: "With the well-acted The War Zone , debuting director Tim Roth finds moments of beauty in a tale of stark horror -- and marks himself as a talent to watch ...
