Arlington Road

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Original title: Arlington Road
Year: 1999
Running time: 118 min.
Country: United States
Director: Mark Pellington
Screenwriter: Ehren Kruger
Music: Angelo Badalamenti
Cinematography: Bobby Bukowski
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis, Robert Gossett, Spencer Treat Clark, Mason Gamble, Stanley Anderson
Producer: Screen Gems, Lakeshore Entertainment
Genre: Mystery | Terrorism
Synopsis: When Michael Faraday, single father, accidentally stumbles across a little lie from his new neigbour, he gets suspicious. As a university professor who gives classes on terrorism history and whose wife got killed in the line of FBI-duty, his fatherly protection instincts arise much faster than in normal people. Grant, his son, became the best friend of Brady Lang. Only that Brady's father did not always carry the name Lang. Digging deeper and deeper, Michael Faraday excavates a very interesting and frightening history. But what we didn't think of: From whose point of view is that history frightening?

Critics' reviews

"Arlington Road is a dumb, overheated thriller pretending to be a smart, topical one."

Jonathan Foreman: New York Post
"A conspiracy thriller that begins well and makes good points, but it flies off the rails in the last 30 minutes (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"In an era when most suspensers are hopelessly contrived, derivative and one-dimensional, this one has some real weight in addition to its credible main characters and emotional charge."

Todd McCarthy: Variety
"Arlington Road is a movie trying so hard for intelligence, quality and deeper meanings, you can almost sense the strain under the celluloid."

Michael Wilmington: Chicago Tribune
"Arlington Road belongs to that splendid Hollywood tradition of dealing with serious, timely issues in the form of a suspense thriller"

Kevin Thomas: Los Angeles Times
"Though a thematically ambitious and deftly acted thriller, the film is also shockingly coldblooded and not a little reactionary"

Rita Kempley: The Washington Post

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