In The Bedroom

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  • Opened November 23, 2001 
  • 2 hr 10 min
  • R
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 16+. More on child suitability

  • Summer time on the coast of Maine, IN THE BEDROOM centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler (Wilkinson) is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth Fowler (Spacek), a music teacher. He is involved in a love affair with a local single mother (Tomei). As the beauty of Maine's brief and fleeting summer comes to an end, these characters find themselves in the midst of unimaginable tragedy. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei, William Mapother
  • Director: Todd Field
  • Genres: Drama

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Wall Street Journal
| Joe Morgenstern

The kind of movie they don't make any more -- a seriously beautiful, deliberately paced drama that meanders for a while at the pace of a summer romance, then explodes with phenomenal force. Read full review

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Boston Globe
| Jay Carr

The surehandedly wrought, beautifully acted, almost unbearably tense In the Bedroom is a rare film, not to be missed. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Desmond Ryan

When it comes to the realistic portrayal of the complex process of grief, most actresses are at a loss. Sissy Spacek is decidedly not most actresses. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Edward Guthmann

A lot of actors are labeled "brave" for taking on difficult scripts like this, but Spacek is the real thing: an artist first, without vanity, and a movie star almost by default. Read full review

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