Arlington Road

Name: Arlington Road
Released: 1999-7-9
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis

Arlington Road

R
1h 58m
1999

63%

A gripping contemporary thriller about the terrible truths that can hide behind everyday appearances, Arlington Road is an intense, edge-of-your-seat journey that reveals just how little we know about the world around us. Widowed when his FBI agent wife is killed by a right-wing group, college professor Michael Faraday (Jeff Bridges) becomes obsessed with the culture of these groups, especially when his new neighbors, the all-American Oliver and Cheryl Lang (Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack), start acting suspiciously. With each twist, the mystery deepens and the question looms: is Faraday just consumed by fear and driven by paranoia, or has a lethal conspiracy been born on Arlington Road?

Director:

Mark Pellington

Producer:

Tom Gorai, Marc Samuelson, Peter Samuelson

Writer:

Ehren Kruger

Cast:

Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

63%

Critics Consensus: A suspenseful thriller led by strong cast performances built around a somewhat implausible story.

Reviews

NYC Movie Guru

Avi Offer

Gripping, provocative and haunting with Hitchcockian suspense. A bold, bitter, slow-burning thriller made for critical thinkers. One of the best thrillers of the 90s.

February 21, 2021

Father Son Holy Gore

C.H. Newell

Arlington Road is a mystery-laden thriller, not without flaws. Overall, it does the job of sucking you in and never letting go, not until the last beat.

An entertaining yet egregiously over-the-top thriller...

The premise is intriguing and the acting of Bridges and Robbins is decent, but the director Pellington's execution leaves much to be desired.

June 22, 2017

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