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 | |
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William Wise | ... | Willis Grinnel |
Celia Weston | ... | Katie Grinnel | |
Karen Allen | ... | Marla Keyes | |
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Frank T. Wells | ... | Henry |
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W. Clapham Murray | ... | Carl |
Justin Ashforth | ... | Tim Bryson | |
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Terry A. Burgess | ... | District Attorney |
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Jonathan Walsh | ... | Father McCasslin |
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Diane E. Hamlin | ... | Davis' Assistant |
Camden Munson | ... | Jason Strout |
In idyllic Mid-Coast Maine, the Fowler family's only son Frank comes home from his freshman year at college for summer vacation. His mother Ruth, the school choir director, is unhappy with Frank dating soon-to-be divorced mother Natalie who is several years his senior, but Frank's father Matt, the town doctor, doesn't see a problem. While Frank considers holding off his future for Natalie, her jilted husband causes them all problems until an unthinkable tragedy shakes the community to its very core. Written by Bryan Way
A rarity in modern cinema, In the Bedroom is a movie for thinking adults that is one of the most thorough yet subtle examinations of violence and its consequences I've ever seen. Tom Wilkerson gives a masterful and restrained performance, and Sissy Spacek and nearly everyone else is uniformly excellent. Although it is a searing and unflinching look at nearly unspeakable grief, it is poignant and thoughtful and even has scenes of humor if you are ready for it. Todd Field's screenplay is one of the most brilliant in recent memory. I really wish we had more mature stuff like this coming out of Hollywood. Powerful films that deal with violence and its aftermath and meaning like this make films like Kill Bill look even more repellent than they already are.