In the Bedroom (2001)

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Rating: R
Release Date: Jan 19, 2001
Running Time: 138 mins. (V)
Country Of Origin: United States
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Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth Fowler, a choral music teacher. Their only child, Frank, home from school for the summer, is working as a part-time lobsterman to earn money for graduate school in the fall. He is involved in a love affair with a local single mother, Natalie. As the beauty of Maine's brief and fleeting summer comes to an end, these characters find themselves in the midst of unimaginable woe as Frank's relationship ends in tragedy. Subsequently, Frank's parents are forced to negotiate their way through their evolving response to their loss.
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Richard Strout
Willis Grinnel
Katie Grinnel
Marla Keyes
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November 13, 2001
It's not safe to read beyond this first paragraph. Not if you want to preserve the secret of what happens in In the Bedroom before you see the movie. But here are four things you can chew on without spoiling the surprise: (1) In the Bedroom is an uncommonly good movie - a thriller that transcends thrills to become a heartfelt and heart-stopping personal drama. (2) Oscar would be a fool not to salute the career-crowning performances of Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson as the parents of a… Continued
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Still waters cover a strong, deep, rapid current, as a happy, middle-aged couple's marriage and life come apart when their son is killed by his older, almost-divorced lover's abusive spouse.

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Dr. Matt Fowler (Tom Wilkinson) and his wife Ruth (Sissy Spacek) are throwing a summer barbecue, at which their lone prodigy, Frank (Nick Stahl), is proudly showing off his summer romance. Ruth vehemently disapproves: Natalie (Marisa Tomei) is an older single mother of two who is not quite divorced… Continued