In the Bedroom (2001)
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: 32
Fresh: 29 | 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
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Cast
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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
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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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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
Chorus -
Iris Leslie
Chorus -
Matthew Maxwell
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Francis Mazzeo
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Elisabeth McClure
Elderly Woman -
Jared Mekin
Rockland T-ball -
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
Chorus -
Mackenzie Tucker
Rockland T-ball -
Jonathan Walsh
Father McCasslin -
Evanne Weirich
Director -
Frank T. Wells
Henry -
Nichole Wimbiscus
Chorus -
Robin Wimbiscus
Performance Coordinator -
Anna Winsor
Chorus -
Harold Withee
Grocery Clerk -
Ron Russell
Rockland T-ball -
Samuel Johnson
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All Critics (163) | Top Critics (39) | Fresh (129) | Rotten (10) | DVD (23)
So emotionally pure and rigorous that you're more than willing to go along with it.
The story and direction are powerful enough. But it's the acting that takes In the Bedroom higher.
Lingers in the mind, suffusing melancholy with the fateful pall of dread that hangs over all of life's pleasures.
It's tempting to compare this film to Ordinary People, since both deal with the reaction of upper-middle class family to the accidental death of their son, though new movie is more immediate, emotional and ambiguous.
The real story is in how the marriage is strengthened or harmed by the way each spouse responds to what's happening.
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.
...one of those rare films that so vividly paints a picture of a community, that afterwards you feel as though you've been there...
Few things are more sorrowful than a couple in a house of mourning with nothing but a wall of silence between them.
Audience Reviews for In the Bedroom
Super Reviewer
First-time director Todd Field did a brilliant job portraying the loss, rage, and desire for revenge with the help of exceptional acting performances, and the observation of the taciturn anguish so readily available in our everyday lives.
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- Natalie Strout: You know what defines a father? It's what he does, not what he promises.
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