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Arlington Road

Arlington Road

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: WHAT A FILM!
Review: This is a complex film which intelligently meanders towards a sensational ending in similar tradition to that of the Usual Suspects. It is one of the best terrorist movies that I have seen. However, it also deals with more than this; it exposes, hypothetically, the misinterpretations and failings in 'justice', and wickedly plays on that old nutshell- "do you really know who your neighbours are?"

The film is particularly successful at engaging the audience, as events unfold you will find yourself almost screaming at the TV; the more you understand the more confused you become. When realisation suddenly hits you...well i'll leave you to experience that feeling for yourself.

The film is made for those of you who like to think both during and after a movie, and don't require (nor desire) a cozy ending to your films. If a thriller is what you want, then don't look no further, I guarantee this will impress.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Finally a thriller with brians and a freaky ending.
Review: 'Arlington Road' is a heart pumping thriller. Tim Robbins adds all the excitement and fun. I am gravely dissapointed that I missed this one in the theatres. Jeff Bridges is great as the paranoid college professor, but Tim Robbins is the one to marvel at. Joan Cusack is good too. Who cares if it got mixed reviews, take my word, if you are a fan of creepy thrillers, you are going to love it!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: ONE OF THE 1999 BEST
Review: Even if ARLINGTON ROAD is not a masterpiece, it's still one of the best movie I've seen this year and I hope that its DVD release will be a huge success. While THE NEGOTIATOR was the surprise hit of 1998, ARLINGTON ROAD, at least I hope so, is going to be the sleeper of 1999-2000.

The first 10 minutes of the movie reveal a great filmmaker who knows how to create uneasiness in the audience. Uneasiness is the adequate word to qualify the state of mind of the viewer during the whole movie. ARLINGTON ROAD could have been another film exploring the activities of the extremist groups that have recently appeared in the U.S.A. but, fortunately, the movie is more an above-average thriller than a political and social study.

Secret conspiracies are one of the themes Hollywood has treated by the dozen since 50 years ; communists, KKK, CIA, FBI, The Organisation, intellectuals and martians's plots have been discovered and heavily punished by our favorite heroes. It seems that there will always be a worm to be crushed in the american apple.

Tim Robbins and Jeff Bridges give performances that will linger a long time in my memory, along with the strange character played by Joan Cusack. All in all, ARLINGTON ROAD deserves to be considered as one of the rare good american movies of 1999.

A DVD for your library.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Uneven Sometimes Laughable Thriller
Review: Somehow this film just doesn't work. Jeff Bridges goes over the top and becomes irritating. The plot is laughably ridiculous. But on the other hand, the film has a cool blockbuster ending that it deserves kudos for alone. I liked the film's premise, it just doesn't come off. I think Bridges and Robbins were sorely miscast.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Best Terrorist Film of the 90's
Review: This Film is absoloutly mind blowing, no pun intended. Stop reading all these reviews, you are wasting your time, time that could be spent watching one of the best made films ever, that is action filled and will leave you on the edge of your seat right till the end, the movie?Arlington Road.My advice? Dont rent it,Buy It!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Arlington Road
Review: From the disturbing opening scene of the film to the sad, yet interesting ending, this movie basically points out that curiosity really does kill the cat. Robbins was excellent but Bridges character seemed too compelled with his next door neighbor, he suddenly become a stalker tracing Robbins every move. But even the during the last minutes of the movie, its twist in the plot only comes at the very end leaving you bewildered. Interesting score by Badalamenti for the soundtrack.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Nerve-Racking and Very Well Made
Review: An odd occurrence of events that leads the viewer from one thing to another. It truly was a thriller that could have been based on notes from a psychology professor, which made it so enjoyable, but at the same time stressful as the plot unfolds. It is a movie to be remembered

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Arlington Road
Review: This was one of the few movies that has ever scared me! It brings you face to face with the true monsters of the world!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Best Movie of 1999
Review: This movie is the best. It's a little slow, but gets going. This movie really makes you think. The ending is the best I've ever seen. I can't tell you though, because that would ruin the whole movie. I'm glad someone in Hollywood finally came up with the brilliant idea to not make the same kind of ending where the good guy kills or sends to jail the evil maniac. This was my favorite movie of '99 and there were a lot of good movies in '99.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Inferior remake marred by Bridges' acting.
Review: This film is an inferior remake of The Parallax View. Jeff Bridges overacts and is not believable. The production values are fine, but anyone who believes that the ending, which is surely upsetting, is shocking, has not seen enough political thrillers. Finally, the argument that this film is Oscar-worthy is simply not tenable in light of the degree to which it borrows from The Parallax View and its failure to improve upon The Parallax View in any significant respect.


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