Arlington Road
1999 Directed by Mark Pellington
Synopsis
Your Paranoia Is Real.
Threats from sinister foreign nationals aren't the only thing to fear. Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed (and increasingly paranoid) since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. But all that takes a backseat when a seemingly all-American couple set up house next door.
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I've always liked this movie. I've become more and more of a Jeff Bridges fan over the years and he doesn't fail in this movie. All around good performances. These kinds of thriller are fun to watch. Now if you'll excuse me my neighbor is taking out the trash and I have to get my camera.
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There are some films that you’ll always love, simply because you were raised on them as a child. They were the films your parents loved and the ones they introduced you to at an early age, to try and educate you in what they considered to be good culture. Outside of the horror genre, which my mum indoctrinated me with when I was about six, there were three films that I’d sit down and watch at least once every year or so. They were Grosse Pointe Blank (my Mum’s favourite film), Air Force One (my Dad’s favourite film) and Arlington Road. Whilst I adore the first two and never fail to watch them if they’re on, I’ve always been…
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So, uh, that was unsettling.
Ehren Kruger, a screenwriter whose future credits would include the masterfully written Transformers sequels, made his mark in 1999 with a solid little thriller called Arlington Road.
The film opens up with a bang, but really slows down in the first half. In fact, for the first half, the film doesn't really seem like it has a purpose. There are a few topics it brings up, but there's a whole "Where's it going?" feeling that you get, and it made for a slow, sometimes boring first half.
But when it picks up, oh, man, it's tense. Suddenly we are thrown into a chilling thriller about terrorism, that is made even more terrifying by the fact…
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Es bastante extrana esta pelicula, y al principio hay que pensar bastante para comprender... Debo admitir que me costo percibir la idea , ya que las pistas empiezan a aparecer casi a mitad de la pelicula... Sin embargo, la disfrute... Tiene esa tension y se puede captar el estres y la vibra del protagonista... La recomiendo!
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'Arlington Road' is an excellent thriller with a well structured and surprising storyline and characters of great dramatic depth, played by two great actors. While viewing the film, the main questions that we are invited to ask ourselves are:
How much the pain of Faraday's loss affected his obsessive behavior?
How well do we know our neighbors? Is it worth to maintain friendship relations with them?
For a long time I wanted to watch it and today I finally did. At the end, I didn't get disappointed. Quite the opposite, actually. Splendid movie.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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I guess I really liked this at the time, but it was probably just because of the ending.
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Suffers from implausibility but interesting for most parts.
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Still a great thriller second time around. Unsettling and gripping, with strong leads and good ending.
Recommend to anyone who finds these movies fun to watch
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In a way a typical 90's thriller, but Bridges' excellent performance and the compelling ending made the movie better than I originally anticipated.
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So, uh, that was unsettling.
Ehren Kruger, a screenwriter whose future credits would include the masterfully written Transformers sequels, made his mark in 1999 with a solid little thriller called Arlington Road.
The film opens up with a bang, but really slows down in the first half. In fact, for the first half, the film doesn't really seem like it has a purpose. There are a few topics it brings up, but there's a whole "Where's it going?" feeling that you get, and it made for a slow, sometimes boring first half.
But when it picks up, oh, man, it's tense. Suddenly we are thrown into a chilling thriller about terrorism, that is made even more terrifying by the fact…
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Made in a pre-9/11 America, this movie is a great demonstration of paranoia. Watching it after 9/11, it's easy to see how we dismissed any threat as just a crazy idea.
It's also a tightly written film with a great ending along the line of "The Conversation" and "Chinatown." Also, really solid performances from Jeff Bridges and unsettling turns by Tim Robbins and Joan Cusack.