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In the Bedroom (2001)

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Average Rating: 7.9/10
Reviews Counted: 137
Fresh: 128 | Rotten: 9

Expertly crafted and performed, In the Bedroom is a quietly wrenching portrayal of grief.

Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 28 | Rotten: 3

Expertly crafted and performed, In the Bedroom is a quietly wrenching portrayal of grief.

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Character actor and noted photographer Todd Field made his directorial debut with this emotionally powerful drama, which earned enthusiastic reviews at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. Frank Fowler (Nick Stahl) is a handsome and amiable young man who has recently graduated from high school and is spending the summer working as a lobster fisherman before heading off to college in the fall. Frank is also involved with Natalie (Marisa Tomei), an attractive woman ten years his senior who is

R, 2 hr. 18 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Todd Field

Written By: Todd Field, Rob Festinger

In Theaters: Nov 23, 2001 Wide

On DVD: Aug 13, 2002

Box Office:$35.7M

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Cast

Sissy Spacek
Ruth Fowler
Tom Wilkinson
Matt Fowler
Nick Stahl
Frank Fowler
Marisa Tomei
Natalie Strout
William Mapother
Richard Strout
William Wise
Willis Grinell
Celia Weston
Katie Grinell
Karen Allen
Marla Keyes
Veronica Cartwright
Minister on television
Don Lewis
Bridge Operator
Andrea Walker
Waitress
Justin Ashforth
Tim
Daran Norris
Red sox replay
Christopher Adams
Duncan Strout
Sara Armstrong
Chorus
Elly Barksdale
Chorus
Erin Barksdale
Chorus
Daniel Baxter-Leahy
Rockland T-ball
Rebecca Benner
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Bethany Berry
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Hope Berry
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David Blair
Marlboro Man
Terry A. Burgess
District Attorney
John Campanello
Reporter
Brandon Carleton
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Lisa Carlton
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Kevin Chapman
Tim's Friend
Sam Cousins
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Coomenic Cuccinello III
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Bill Dawkins
Elwyn Adamson
Harriet Dawkins
Alma Adamson
Robert Demkowicz
Reporter
Deborah Derecktor
Janelle
Ryan Ecker
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Alida P. Field
Young Gymnast
Henry Field
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The Honorable Joseph Fiel...
Judge
Rachel Freeman
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Shyann Gauthier
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Gwendolyn Gilchrist
Chorus
Shauneen Grout
Chorus
Brian Hagley
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Jackie Hagley
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Diane E. Hamlin
Davis' Assistant
Daniel Hendricks
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Adah Holman
Chorus
Kenney Dale Johnson
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Jessie Lanoue
Chorus
Alicia Laplant
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Iris Leslie
Chorus
Matthew Maxwell
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Francis Mazzeo
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Elisabeth McClure
Elderly Woman
Jared Mekin
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Joshua Mills
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Camden Munson
Jason Strout
W. Clapham Murray
Carl
Chelsea Peasley
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Eric Rahkonen
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Doug Rich
Fork lift Operator
Natalie Russell
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Misty Seekins
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Tyler Shane Smith-Campbel...
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Parker Spear
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Philip Spearing
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Ben Staples
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Owen Thompson
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Erica Towle-Powers
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Mackenzie Tucker
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Jonathan Walsh
Father McCasslin
Evanne Weirich
Director
Frank T. Wells
Henry
Nichole Wimbiscus
Chorus
Robin Wimbiscus
Performance Coordinator
Anna Winsor
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Harold Withee
Grocery Clerk
Ron Russell
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Samuel Johnson
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Critic Reviews for In the Bedroom

All Critics (163) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (129) | Rotten (10) | DVD (23)

So emotionally pure and rigorous that you're more than willing to go along with it.

January 10, 2002 Comment

Jay Boyar

Orlando Sentinel

Top Critic

The story and direction are powerful enough. But it's the acting that takes In the Bedroom higher.

December 28, 2001 Comment

Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Top Critic

Lingers in the mind, suffusing melancholy with the fateful pall of dread that hangs over all of life's pleasures.

December 28, 2001 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Top Critic

Field has a talent for drawing us directly into his characters' lives and making us feel what they feel.

December 28, 2001 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Edward Guthmann

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

It's tempting to compare this film to Ordinary People, since both deal with the reaction of an upper-middle class family to the accidental death of their son. New movie is more immediate, emotional and ambiguous; Field may develop into a major director

October 25, 2006 Comment

Emanuel Levy

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The real story is in how the marriage is strengthened or harmed by the way each spouse responds to what's happening.

January 15, 2005 Comment

Jeffrey Overstreet

Looking Closer

As top-drawer as the acting is, I simply can't buy the laboriously plotted revenge ending, which seems to have crawled out of Perry Mason's attic.

September 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly

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Thomas Delapa

Boulder Weekly Source: Boulder Weekly

...one of those rare films that so vividly paints a picture of a community, that afterwards you feel as though you've been there...

June 27, 2004 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Few things are more sorrowful than a couple in a house of mourning with nothing but a wall of silence between them.

June 25, 2004 Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

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Judith Egerton

Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

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Analogous title for a flm that deals with this state in various ways. Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, and Marisa Tomei shine in this dismal tale of devastation in a Maine lobster town. First-time director Todd Field did a brilliant job portraying the loss, rage, and desire for revenge with the help of exceptional acting

June 6, 2009

Eric S

Super Reviewer

An expertly crafted film concerning a family dealing with grief. Tom Wilkinson impresses yet again, in his most accomplished performance yet as a respected man of a small town in Maine who feels he must avenge the terrible act committed against his son. The performances are all top-notch, capped off with an arresting

March 16, 2009

Dan Schultz

Super Reviewer

In the Bedroom Quotes

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1. Natalie Strout: You know what defines a father? It's what he does, not what he promises.
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