Synopsis
Threats from sinister foreign nationals aren't the only thing to fear. Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed (and increasingly paranoid) since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. But all that takes a backseat when a seemingly all-American couple set up house next door.
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Cast
- Jeff BridgesMichael Faraday
- Tim RobbinsOliver Lang
- Joan CusackCheryl Lang
- Hope DavisBrooke Wolfe
- Robert GossettFBI Agent Whit Carver
- Mason GambleBrady Lang
- Spencer Treat ClarkGrant Faraday
- Stanley AndersonDr. Archer Scobee
- Viviane VivesNurse
- Lee StringerOrderly
Recommendations
- 80
Variety
An intelligent, insidiously plotted Hitchcockian thriller directed in souped-up, modern expressionistic style. - 80
L.A. Weekly
Despite its flaws, Arlington Road romps home as an absorbing, unpredictable thriller. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Although it takes something of a slog to get there, this thriller finally comes through where it counts. - 70
Film.com
If you don't ponder too much the script's muddled, self-serving influences, Arlington Road succeeds at discomforting a viewer and making one apt to look over one's shoulder for a day or two. - 70
Film.com
Before it finally twists itself into a pretzel in the third act, this paranoid thriller creates a scary mood and allows its leading actors to go all the way with it. - 67
Austin Chronicle
Amidst the rubble of political rhetoric that underlies Arlington Road, one thing is clear: The enemy is us. - 63
Chicago Tribune
A classy but over-contrived topical thriller about bomb plots and anti-government groups. - 60
Village Voice
The mode is hysteric-Hitchcockian, the result mostly devoid of suspense.
