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Release Date:
11 January 2002 (USA)
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Tagline:
A young man. An older woman. Her ex-husband. Things are about to explode...
Plot:
A New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman with two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband. Then something terrible occurs in this wrenching, emotional drama. full summary | add synopsis
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New England
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Small Town
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Awards:
Nominated for 5 Oscars.
Another 27 wins
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41 nominations
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(42 articles)
Palin had dirty bit cut from her SNL show
(From AOL - TVSquad. 18 November 2009, 5:08 PM, PST)
Decade in Review: 2001 Top Ten
(From FilmExperience. 17 November 2009, 8:41 PM, PST)
(From AOL - TVSquad. 18 November 2009, 5:08 PM, PST)
Decade in Review: 2001 Top Ten
(From FilmExperience. 17 November 2009, 8:41 PM, PST)
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perhaps not my favorite film but a perfect one.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tom Wilkinson | ... | Matt Fowler |
 | Sissy Spacek | ... | Ruth Fowler |
 | Nick Stahl | ... | Frank Fowler |
 | Marisa Tomei | ... | Natalie Strout |
 | William Mapother | ... | Richard Strout |
 | William Wise | ... | Willis Grinnel |
| Celia Weston | ... | Katie Grinnel |
 | Karen Allen | ... | Marla Keyes |
| Frank T. Wells | ... | Henry |
| W. Clapham Murray | ... | Carl |
 | Justin Ashforth | ... | Tim Bryson |
| Terry A. Burgess | ... | District Attorney |
| Jonathan Walsh | ... | Father McCasslin |
| Diane E. Hamlin | ... | Davis' Assistant |
 | Camden Munson | ... | Jason Strout |
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Rated R for some violence and language.
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Runtime:
130 min | USA:138 min (Sundance Film Festival)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Iceland:14 |
Iceland:16 (video rating) |
Malaysia:18PL (uncut version) |
Malaysia:U (cut version) |
USA:TV-MA (TV rating) |
Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) |
Singapore:PG (cut) |
Netherlands:16 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:MA |
Brazil:14 |
Canada:14A |
Finland:K-11 |
France:U |
Germany:12 |
Hong Kong:IIA |
Norway:15 |
Peru:14 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:11 |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Philippines:R-18
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The cabin where Ruth (Sissy Spacek) and Matt (Tom Wilkinson) visit the Grinnells, belongs to "In the Bedroom" director Todd Field.
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Continuity: Matt's hair changes between shots during their argument in the living room.
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Referenced in "High Chaparall: (#2.5)" (2004)
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Oj Savice
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A dark story told with amazing weight and balance, it is cinematically perfect. Aside from the excellent performances by Wilkinson, Spacek and Tomei, it is
Field's film. He uses a deft touch to examine the lives of a couple devastated by loss. The perfection of this film lies in the small touches, the subtle gestures, the powerful symbolism that Field displays throughout. Even the most powerful
moment, the shooting, is done off camera. It isn't so much what you see, its what you don't, what Field implies throughout the film. He creates moments in this movie that convey complex emotion through subtle actions. The film creates
unsettling scenes without being disturbing. Reflections of actors moving as if underwater through their lives, we see them caught in the windows of their
home, ghosts in their house and in their lives, struggling to cope until the film's resolution. Attempting to heal each other and themselves through a single act of redemption that seems at the same time surprising and inevitable. It isn't my favorite movie, but i still think it's as close to a perfect film i've seen.