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Arlington
Road |
| Rated
R |
| Runtime:
1hr 59min |
| Starring:
Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack |
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MFG
Rating: 4/5
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DVD
Features
Video:
Enhanced for widescreen, excellent picture.
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1, good sound though I don't recall it ever
lifting me from my seat.
Extras:
Commentary by director Mark Pellington and actor Jeff Bridges,
production notes, alternate ending, trailers and a Making
Of Featurette.
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DVD
QuickTake
If
you've never seen this movie you owe it to yourself to correct that
as soon as possible. Jeff Bridges and Tim Robbins turn in excellent
performances, and the writing is quite good. In fact, the story
is one of the best I've seen in quite awhile.
Jeff
Bridges plays a college professor who teaches American history,
specifically terrorism in America. After his wife, who was an FBI
agent, was killed during a raid on a suspected terrorist his class
becomes a way for him to honor her memory. Tim Robbins is the guy
across the street, just a neighbor who Jeff has never met. That
is until he finds Tim's son walking down the street with his hand
severely injured and rushes him off to the hospital.
In
the aftermath the two start to become buddies, but something isn't
quite right about Tim. He seems to be hiding something, something
ominous. Has Jeff been teaching a class on terrorism too long? Is
he starting to see things that just aren't there? That's part of
the fun in this movie, watching Jeff put together clues, become
an amateur sleuth, and so on.
The
movie really is quite original, the previews didn't do it justice.
Of course, the preview didn't give away the ending, and we really
appreciate that.
-John
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Gun Play
Watch
what house you sneak up to in the woods.
Blood & Gore
In
addition to gunshot wounds, the movie opens with an injured
kid.
Car Chases
Not
what you'd call speedy cars, but there is a chase.
T&A
Kurt's
girlfriend is kinda cute.
Chuckles
I
don't recall ever cracking a smile. |
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