Clumsy and incompetent!
Arlington Road (1999)
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Reviews Counted:86
Fresh:52
Rotten:34
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: A suspenseful thriller led by strong cast performances built around a somewhat implausible story.
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis:
Arlington Road follows in the grand tradition of Hollywood suspense thrillers that pit a lone man against a vast, hidden conspiracy--or is it a conspiracy? Jeff Bridges plays Michael Faraday, who...
Arlington Road follows in the grand tradition of Hollywood suspense thrillers that pit a lone man against a vast, hidden conspiracy--or is it a conspiracy? Jeff Bridges plays Michael Faraday, who starts out as a loving, caring father and teacher but slowly turns into a desperate, crazed man searching for answers in a suburban world that has been turned upside down.
Director Mark Pellington lingers on Bridges's face as it goes from ruggedly handsome and somber to wild and crazed. As Faraday tries to uncover the truth about his new neighbors, Oliver and Cheryl Lang (Tim Robbins and Joan Cusack), he also struggles with his own inner demons. Is he just imagining things, as he still has not gotten over his wife's death at the hands of what was first believed to be a terrorist, or are his fear and paranoia real? Pellington stays a few steps ahead the entire way, leading to a most thrilling and unexpected conclusion to this nightmare of suburban terror.
Starring: Tim Robbins, Jeff Bridges, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis
Starring: Tim Robbins, Jeff Bridges, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis, Robert Gossett, Mason Gamble
Director: Mark Pellington
Director: Mark Pellington
Screenwriter: Ehren Kruger
Producer: Tom Gorai, Marc Samuelson, Peter Samuelson
Composer: Angelo Badalamenti
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Reviews for Arlington Road
The screenplay stretches the viewer's credulity far beyond the breaking point, asking us to accept dozens of absurd contrivances and coincidences.
...could have been a superb dark fantasy, but takes its own malarkey seriously.
Arlington Road, although erring with a bit of didacticism, is more than a little chilling.
A gripping political thriller about the dangers of domestic terrorism and the paranoia of those who see danger everywhere.
The only sequence more shocking than the film's disturbing opener is its last.
It never really gets inside us, mostly due to its overheated direction and endless Hitchcockian references.
The climax is so implausible we stop caring and start scratching our heads!
Arlington Road is a dumb, overheated thriller pretending to be a smart, topical one.
Unfortunately, the rest of the film is not as well thought out or expertly executed as the shocking conclusion.
This paranoid thriller creates a scary mood and allows its leading actors to go all the way with it.
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