| In the Bedroom Review |
| by Karina Montgomery |
| Writer/director/producer Todd Field debuts with this surprisingly
mature film. The subject matter looked too indescribable and heavy
when I saw previews, and I am wary of first time
writer/director/producer-type labors of love if I am not attracted...more |
| In the Bedroom Review |
| by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| Directed by Todd Field. Screenplay by Robert Festinger and Field, from a
story by Andre Dubus. Starring Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Marisa Tomei.
Running time: 133 minutes. Rated AA by the MFCB. Reviewed on March 5th,
2002. more |
| In the Bedroom Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: A) |
| IN THE BEDROOM (director/writer: Todd Field; screenwriters: Rob
Festinger/based on a story by Andre Dubus; cinematographer: Antonio Calvache;
editor: Frank Reynolds; music: Thomas Newman; cast: Sissy Spacek (Ruth Fowler),
Tom Wilkinson (Dr. Matt...more |
| In the Bedroom Review |
| by Eugene Novikov (Rating: A-) |
| In the Bedroom is one of the most honest films I've
ever seen about death and grief. Vengeance is an
integral part of its story, but there are no
vigilantes and no heroes; there is no Sally Field in
Eye for an Eye mode in sight. It is proof that...more |
| In the Bedroom Review |
| by Aleksandar Zambelli (Rating: 8/10) |
| In the small coastal town of Camden, Maine, life is slow and idyllic. Matt
Fowler (Tom Wilkinson - "Shakespeare In Love," "The Full Monty") is a local
doctor who often takes breaks from work and spends time fishing with his
son Frank (Nick Stahl). Frank...more |
| In the Bedroom Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 4/10) |
| I've always been a huge movie fan but remember getting clearly aggravated at the
number of crappy, pretentious "small" films that movie critics would call
"genius" a few years back, while dismissing the handful of "fun" films simply
because they lacked...more |
| In the Bedroom Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 3/4) |
| The portent in "In the Bedroom" is heavy, scary stuff. It hangs over Todd
Field's film like a specter, like a dark cloud gathering momentum,
intensifying, ready to unleash its terrible violence on the pastoral,
lobster-trapping community of Camden,...more |
| In the Bedroom Review |
| by Rose 'Bams' Cooper |
| IN THE BEDROOM (2001)
Rated R; running time 130 minutes
Studios: Miramax
Genre: Drama
Seen at: Celebration Cinema (Lansing, Michigan)
Official site: http://www.miramaxhighlights.com/
IMDB site: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0247425
Written by: Robert...more |
| In the Bedroom Review |
| by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 3.5) |
| "In the Bedroom" has all the hallmarks of a great film - nuanced performances,
assured direction and a terrific script of sublime restraint. But like some
potentially great films, something happens that prevents them from fulfilling
their promise - an...more |
| In the Bedroom Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: B) |
| In a pastoral town on the shores of Maine, God's
children live their lives with moral purpose and go
about their lives with a quiet sense of satisfaction
and belonging. Days pass unremarkably as the
townsfolk go about their lives. The fishing...more |
| In the Bedroom Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 4/4) |
| IN THE BEDROOM (2001) 4 stars out of 4. Starring Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson,
Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei, William Mapother, William Wise, Celia Weston and Karen
Allen. Screenplay by Rob Festinger and Todd Field. Based on a short story by
Andre Dubus....more |
| In the Bedroom Review |
| by Robin Clifford |
| The Fowlers of Camden, Maine are, on the surface, a normal well-adjusted
family. Matt (Tom Wilkinson) is a well-liked local and town doctor. Ruth
(Sissy Spacek) is a choral music teacher and an import from New York. Even
with their busy professional...more |
| In the Bedroom Review |
| by Jonathan F. Richards |
| Sissy Spacek can smile with reasonable conviction, and at the same time
reveal another face with X-ray clarity, a face beneath the smile that is taut
with anguish and desperate anger. It’s a remarkable achievement, and a
remarkable performance in...more |
| In the Bedroom Review |
| by Laura Clifford |
| Dr. Matt Fowler (Tom Wilkinson, "The Full Monty") sneaks out of his office
every lunchtime to meet his son Frank (Nick Stahl, "The Man Without a Face"),
toiling for the summer in the patriarchal job as lobsterman to earn money for
graduate school....more |
| In the Bedroom Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| Susan Granger's review of "IN THE BEDROOM" (Miramax Films)
This devastating, incisive, intimate drama offers an indelible
portrait of parents whose only child is brutally murdered. Sissy Spacek and Tom
Wilkinson play Ruth and Matt Fowler whose...more |
| In the Bedroom Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| Fine. That's what Ruth and Matt Fowler say they are, "Fine." In Todd Field's
Sundance hit, IN THE BEDROOM, coming to theaters this Christmas, the Fowlers are
anything but fine. For them, the word is used as a euphemism to keep from
disclosing to the...more |
| In the Bedroom Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 7/10) |
| Ask the average American who Todd Field is and most will probably answer,
"He the lady who make the cookies, right?" Very few people can connect the
name with acting, and an even smaller percentage can identify a role Field
has played (he was Nick...more |
| In the Bedroom Review |
| by Frank Ochieng (Rating: 4/5) |
| In the Bedroom is an immensely powerful motion picture that presents a
small New England town in its trademark tranquility... until tragedy
strikes and disrupts the folksy setting. Actor-turned-director Todd
Field delivers a penetrating feature (in his...more |
| In the Bedroom Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Miramax Films/Greenstreet Films
Director: Todd Field
Writer: Rob Festinger
Cast: Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, William
Mapother, Marisa Tomei, William Wise, Celia Weston, Karen
Allen
Screened at: Broadway...more |
