In The Bedroom is one of the best films I have ever seen. It is an amazing character study of what happens when young love blinds all those involved and takes one family on a wild ride where life is not fair. For the Fowler family life is pretty simple, but when Frank a younger teenager falls for an older woman, their lives turn upside down and will forever change. The performances in this film are amazing; I think that's what made me like it so much. I don't think I ever seen a film that has had such an impact on me, meaning this is a close and intimate look at how one family deals with such a tragedy. Sissy Spacek delivers the best performance I have ever seen her in, she is truly amazing as Ruth Fowler. But the best performance in the film is that by Marisa Tomei. For a long time she was dubbed as one of the worst actresses, already an Oscar winner for one of my personal favorite movies My Cousin Vinny, Marisa proved to me at least that she could act. I have to admit that before this film I never heard of Tom Wilkinson, but after this film I became a big fan. He is a great actor, I was happy to see that he received an Oscar nomination for his performance as Matt. As great as these performances are, I also really enjoyed the tone of the film. So often as a frequent movie watcher I see big films with lost of action, but In The Bedroom is a quiet film that is very gripping. I think that this film turns off people because there is little to know action; it has more talk in it then anything else. But I liked this film and that's all that matters to me, I would recommend this film to anyone who likes films that have a good story line and not a lot of action. This is a true film that we need to see a lot more of. I give In the Bedroom 3.7 stars on my scale and an A-.
Review of In the Bedroom
