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      Spider

      2002, Mystery & thriller/Drama, 1h 38m

      138 Reviews 10,000+ Ratings

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      Ralph Fiennes is brilliant in this accomplished and haunting David Cronenberg film. Read critic reviews

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      Movie Info

      Released after decades in a sanitarium, schizophrenic Dennis "Spider" Cleg (Ralph Fiennes) moves into Mrs. Wilkinson's (Lynn Redgrave) halfway house and befriends a fellow resident, Terrence (John Neville), before retreating into personal writing and the darkness of his own haunted mind. Spider struggles to decipher murky memories of a childhood trauma involving his abusive father (Gabriel Byrne), his murdered mother (Miranda Richardson), and a prostitute who may have replaced her.

      • Rating: R (Language|Brief Violence|Sexuality)

      • Genre: Mystery & thriller, Drama

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: David Cronenberg

      • Producer: Catherine Bailey

      • Writer: Patrick McGrath, Patrick McGrath, David Cronenberg

      • Release Date (Theaters):  original

      • Release Date (Streaming):

      • Box Office (Gross USA): $1.6M

      • Runtime:

      • Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics

      • Production Co: Artists Independent Network, CBL

      • Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Stereo, Dolby A

      • Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

      Cast & Crew

      Miranda Richardson
      Bradley Hall
      Lynn Redgrave
      Patrick McGrath
      Charles Finch
      Simon Franks
      Zygi Kamasa
      Martin Katz
      Luc Roeg
      Howard Shore
      Peter Suschitzky
      Andrew Sanders
      Clive Thomasson
      Denise Cronenberg
      Brenda Gilles

      Critic Reviews for Spider

      Audience Reviews for Spider

      • Sep 12, 2013
        I can Sum This one up in 3 Letters WTF, A complete wasted of my time, I would have rather stick needles in my eyes. 1/2 star 9-10-13
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      • May 12, 2012
        Spider has Ralph Fiennes' stelar performance ready to stick us viewers in it's web, but as the time flies, it has become all shallow bites and not strong enough poison for the final kill.
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      • Jan 08, 2011
        Im in the middle of watcing it right now, and while it is interesting it is slow and RALPH FIENNES! :( I love your vioce and you murmer throughout the whole movie, I mean I understand its his charcter but it is unfortunate. Still his performance as always is great. I curious as to how this movie will end.
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      • Oct 10, 2010
        This movie was super creepy. It was pretty slow-moving and a little confusing at first, but I caught on as it went on. Fiennes was brilliant in his role - very convincing.
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