Rotten
The machinations and manipulations built into the story it spins are simply too obvious to be taken to heart.
Susan Stark, Detroit News
Arlington Road
Fear Thy Neighbor.
1999 · 1h 57m · R
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Mark Pellington
Overview
Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed — and increasingly paranoid — since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. When a seemingly all-American couple set up house next door, Michael begin to suspect there’s more to them than meets the eye.
Director and cast
- Mark Pellington Director
- Jeff Bridges as Michael Faraday
- Tim Robbins as Oliver Lang
- Joan Cusack as Cheryl Lang
- Hope Davis as Brooke Wolfe
- Robert Gossett as FBI Agent Whit Carver
- Mason Gamble as Brady Lang
- Spencer Treat Clark as Grant Faraday
- Stanley Anderson as Dr. Archer Scobee
- Lee Stringer as Orderly
- Darryl Cox as Troopmaster
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
62%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Arlington Road is a movie trying so hard for intelligence, quality and deeper meanings, you can almost sense the strain under the celluloid.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
A flat, formulaic ride!
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Rotten
The screenplay stretches the viewer's credulity far beyond the breaking point, asking us to accept dozens of absurd contrivances and coincidences.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
An imaginative action film!
Peter Brunette, Film.com
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