| Arlington Road Review |
| by Steve Kong |
| Until the run for the climax starts, Arlington Road is a wonderful movie
that introduces a lot of ideas about terrorism. The movie follows Michael
Faraday (Jeff Bridges) who is a professor of terrorism at George Washington
University. One day while...more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz |
| ARLINGTON ROAD (director: Mark Pellington; screenwriter: Ehren Kruger;
cinematographer: Bobby Bukowski; editor: Conrad Buff; cast: Jeff Bridges
(Michael Faraday), Tim Robbins (Oliver Lang), Joan Cusack (Cheryl Lang),
Hope Davis (Brooke Wolfe), Robert...more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Ram Samudrala |
| Reminscent of Queensryche's /Operation Mindcrime/, /Arlington Road/
asks and answers the question of how easy it is to dupe an
individualistic anti-government person into carrying out a role that
suits their own agenda. more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Stephen Graham Jones |
| When someone's paranoid in a movie and no believes him or her, that paranoia
will be justified. It's cliche. Similarly, when the neighbors are perfect,
they aren't. In Arlington Road, Michael Faraday, (Jeff Bridges) teacher of
an American-Terrorism...more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Jerry Saravia |
| The threat of terrorism is as alive as one can imagine. From the recent
tragedies at Ruby Ridge and Oklahoma to the World Trade Center bombings,
terrorism hangs like a pall of death in our everyday existence. "Arlington
Road" makes claim that terrorists...more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Jamey Hughton |
| It depends on your basis of judgment whether or not you will enjoy
Arlington Road, a suspenseful but convoluted Hitchockian yarn about
neighborly suspicion. Critics and audiences tend to react different to
this sort of movie, but if you are able to grasp...more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Greg King |
| ARLINGTON ROAD (M).
(REP)
Director: Mark Pellington
Stars: Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis, Robert
Gossett, Mason Gamble, Spencer Clark
Running time: 118 minutes. more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Curtis Edmonds |
| Usually, when audience members talk during a movie, it shows a fundamental
lack of disrespect to the moviemakers, the actors, and their fellow
patrons. If they're talking about plot points they missed in the movie, it
shows that they're easily confused...more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Frankie Paiva |
| I don't care how early we are into the year, there will be nothing like this
movie until the new millennium. Finally, a film has come along that challenges
the traditional action/suspense genre and gives new meanings to the words
paranoia and suspense. more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Akiva Gottlieb |
| rated R
Screen Gems
117 minutes
starring Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis, Robert Gossett,
Mason Gamble, Spencer Treat Clark
written by Ehren Kruger
directed by Mark Pellington more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Mr Jonathan Richards |
| Whether or not "Arlington Road" slips in beneath your tolerance
radar screen depends on a variety of factors -- how much you like
improbable action/adventure, how much of a stickler you are for
plausibility, how much coincidence you can stand, how...more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| You're a single father, and your 9-year-old son wants to go to a camp in
the woods with a group called the Discoverer Troops. The problem is
that the group may be something akin to the Hitler Youth. The group is
associated with your neighbor, whom you...more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| You're a single father, and your 9-year-old son wants to go to a camp in
the woods with a group called the Discoverer Troops. The problem is
that the group may be something akin to the Hitler Youth. The group is
associated with your neighbor, whom you...more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Homer Yen |
| “Arlington Road” is a film that I would characterize as ‘odd’ for a
summertime release. As you watch the film, it almost feels as if
you’re taking a summer course at your local community college called
“The Current Socio-political Environment of...more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Walter Frith |
| Those who distrust government in many cases have good reason to do so.
Unfortunately, what many fail to realize is that while we should have little
tolerance for their incompetence, we must accept the fact that as human
beings like us, government is...more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Jon Ridge |
| Despite its plethora of unanswered questions, and a loud, grating
performance by Jeff Bridges, ARLINGTON ROAD still turns out to be an
effective thriller. Sort of. I was reminded of the film SEVEN (the only
movie that has ever left me shaking),...more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Joy Wyse |
| In the days before television and air-conditioning neighbors got to know
each other as they sat on their porches getting a breath of fresh air.
Families kept their eyes open and made sure that all the children behaved.
At first, you might feel that such...more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by John Sylva |
| Arlington Road is a relieving summer film, as we get away from special effects
extravaganzas, into a spellbinding film marvelously crafted by director Mark
Pellington and first time screenwriter, Ehren Kruger. Arlington Road's clever
script features...more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Edwin Jahiel |
| ARLINGTON ROAD *1/4. Directed by Mark Pellington. Written by Ehren
Kruger. Photography, Bobby Bukowski. Editing, Conrad Buff. Production
design, Therese DePrez. Music, Angelo Badalamenti. Producers, Peter
Samuelson, Tom Gorai, Marc Samuelson. Cast:...more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Davis Monroe |
| The idea of a slick Hollywood thriller is a tricky thing. The film wants to
give the audience the thrills they were promised, but yet the artists
involved also want to give the audience something of substance. A carefully
realized thought or topical...more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Bill Chambers |
| Wrote Josh Young, in issue #493 of "Entertainment Weekly": "With
studios now viewing the mid-level, Oscar-nominated directors as a
luxury they can no longer afford, established auteurs...are facing
increasingly stiff competition from slick young...more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Eugene Novikov |
| As I write this, nearly two days after the screening, Arlington Road is
still a haunting and vivid image in my memory. I suspect it will stay
with me for some time. Director Mark Pellington delivers one of the
scariest, smartest, most daring thrillers...more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Christina Gross |
| History professor Michael Faraday (Jeff Bridges) meets his new
neighbors Oliver and Cheryl Lang (Tim Robbins and Joan Cusack) in a
very dramatic way: he picks up their bleeding 10 year old son Brady in
the street and takes him to the hospital. Brady...more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Dustin Putman |
| Directed by Mark Pellington.
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Hope Davis, Joan Cusack, Robert Gossett,
Spencer Treat Clark, Mason Gamble.
1999 - 117 minutes
Rated R (for violence and profanity).
Reviewed July 10, 1999. more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Edward Johnson-ott |
| Arlington Road (1999)
Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis, Robert Gossett, Mason
Gamble. Music by Angelo Badalamenti. Screenplay by Ehren Kruger. Directed
by Mark Pellington. 120 minutes.
Rated R, 2 stars (out of five stars) more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Bob Bloom |
| Arlington Road is a most uneven thriller, made more uneven by the nearly
embarrassing performance of Jeff Bridges, who is forced to act so
overwrought and paranoid that his character becomes nearly cartoonish. more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Berge Garabedian |
| Okay, so this is one of the worst cases of a trailer giving away an entire
film's premise step by little step, but I'm a fan of lanky actor Timmy
Robbins, the aging but effective Jeff Bridges, and the cutest little
patootie this side of a goofy aunt...more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| Susan Granger's review of "ARLINGTON ROAD" (Sony Pictures/Screen Gems Release)
This contemporary thriller stars Jeff Bridges as a college
professor whose FBI-agent wife was killed in a botched raid on an
alleged right-wing cult. The film was...more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Ph.D.
Screen Gems
Director: Mark Pellington
Writer: Ehren Kruger
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis,
Robert Gossett more |
| Arlington Road Review |
| by David N. Butterworth |
| In the wake of the recent Columbine High School tragedy, and the
not-so-recent Oklahoma City bombing, some people felt that a film like the
incendiary "Arlington Road," with its homegrown terrorism theme, might have
difficulty securing a widespread...more |
