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Arlington Road (1999)

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Average Rating: 6.1/10
Reviews Counted: 87
Fresh: 53 | Rotten: 34

A suspenseful thriller led by strong cast performances built around a somewhat implausible story.

Average Rating: 5.7/10
Critic Reviews: 19
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 10

A suspenseful thriller led by strong cast performances built around a somewhat implausible story.

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Movie Info

In this tense thriller, a man begins to suspect his neighbors are not what they appear to be -- and their secrets could be deadly. Michael Faraday (played by Jeff Bridges) is a college professor whose wife, an FBI agent, was killed in the line of duty by members of an extremist right-wing terrorist group, leaving him to raise their nine-year-old son by himself. One day, he saves the life of a boy he sees on the street. The child turns out to be the son of his new neighbors, Oliver and Cheryl

R, 1 hr. 58 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Directed By: Mark Pellington

Written By: Ehren Kruger

In Theaters: Jul 9, 1999 Wide

On DVD: Dec 11, 2001

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Cast

Jeff Bridges
Faraday
Tim Robbins
Oliver Lang
Joan Cusack
Cheryl Lang
Hope Davis
Brooke Wolf
Robert Gossett
FBI Agent Whit Carver
Mason Gamble
Brady Lang
Spencer Treat Clark
Grant Faraday
Stanley Anderson
Dr. Archer Scobee

Critic Reviews for Arlington Road

All Critics (104) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (53) | Rotten (35) | DVD (16)

A dank, mechanical exercise that refuses to have any fun.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Salon.com

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Andrew O'Hehir

Salon.com

Top Critic

An imaginative action film!

January 1, 2000 Comment

Peter Brunette

Film.com

Top Critic

The screenplay stretches the viewer's credulity far beyond the breaking point, asking us to accept dozens of absurd contrivances and coincidences.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

Arlington Road succeeds at discomforting a viewer and making one apt to look over one's shoulder for a day or two.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Tom Keogh

Film.com

Top Critic

Tight, ingenious!

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

Top Critic

Scary movie about terrorism. Not for kids.

December 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Stylish and unsettling.

November 18, 2009 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Arlington Road is like more recent thrillers that ask us to suspend logic and just be swept up by the character's paranoia and suspicions.

August 10, 2007 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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James Plath

Movie Metropolis

Darker and more intimate than you expect.

July 23, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

A tight, well-rounded piece of suspense/thriller filmmaking with an electric performance by Bridges.

October 28, 2005 Comment

Bill Clark

FromTheBalcony Source: FromTheBalcony

It merely exploits our fears and emotions to jerk us around.

January 15, 2005 Comment

Jeffrey Overstreet

Looking Closer

Apesar da narrativa morna e nada sutil, o final do filme redime parte dos fracassos do projeto.

January 29, 2004 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

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A great start to the film, grabs your attention from the off, it then plods along at a steady pace and then hits you right again at the end with an unexpected ending.An enjoyable performance by Jeff Bridges and overall an enjoyable Conspiracy/Political Thriller.

October 19, 2006