In The Bedroom (DVD)

In The Bedroom is a quality drama examining one family's relationships following a devastating act of violence. Made in 2001, it was nominated for 5 Oscars, for its excellent performances, as well as for Best Picture and Original Screenplay, and it is particularly impressive considering that it was director Todd Field's first film. He has since directed the film Little Children, which was also nominated for awards, and was, according to many, one of 2006's best films. Matt (Tom Wilkinson) and Ruth (Sissy Spacek) live in New England with their son, Frank (Nick Stahl). He's about to go to college, but his girlfriend (Marisa Tomei) is much older, and comes with two ...  Read the complete review

In the Bedroom is a quality drama film set in the fishing village Camden (Maine). It is over two hour long film which is needed to tell the tragedy that happens in this small town. Eighteen years old Frank Fowler likes an older woman. Her abusive ex husband kills him half way through the film. His parents stuggle to come to terms with the death of their son. Worse still the killer is freed because there was no witness. Mr Fowler devises a plan to seek revenge. While Mrs Fowler blames him for the death of their son. At the same time the film shows the struggle of the single mum as she tries to come to terms with the tragedy. Tom Cruise's cousin is ...  Read the complete review

'In The Bedroom' is another wonderful testament to the unwritten law that great films/actors/directors do not win Oscars and, as one of the other comments intimates, just how 'A Beautiful Mind' beat this I really do not know. Anyway, enough of my grievances and back to the matter in hand. For anyone who has seen 'The Pledge' I can only say it is a similar genre of film but the main differences are that In The Bedroom has far less pretension and makes much more of the slow-moving, understated emotion that makes this a sublime film. Set in the heart of Maine, Frank Fowler (Nick Stahl), a college student in his late teens enters into a ...  Read the complete review

One would certainly expect much from any film with big name actors of the ilk of Sissy Spacek and Marisa Tomei, not to mention the wonderful UK actor to the US scene - Tom Wilkinson. And actually, while watching, you'll find yourself fascinated with this movie - mostly because of the excellent performances these actors give. The basic plot of the story is that a young man, played by Nick Stahl, (university age) falls in love with an older woman, played by Tomei, who has a violent estranged husband. When the husband tries to ingratiate himself into his wife and children's life again, things for the young man reach an extreme, tragic end. How this effects his ...  Read the complete review

In The Bedroom is a film that, at first glance, seems almost too ordinary to bother with. It's apparently a 'family drama', but hasn't been marketted with any sort of a hook to get you interested. However, the buzz on the film has been extremely good, including many Oscar nominations, and that seems justification enough to go see it. The family involved is the Fowler family, comprised of college-aged Frank (Nick Stahl), and his parents, Doctor Matt (Tom Wilkinson) and his wife Ruth (Sissy Spacek), a music teacher. Frank is involved with an older woman, Natalie Strout (Marisa Tomei), who has two kids and a soon to be ex husband, Richard (William ...  Read the complete review