Arlington Road (1999) Movie Info
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | Arlington Road |
| Director | Mark Pellington |
| Screenplay Writer | Ehren Kruger |
| Based on Novel by | — |
| Lead Actor | Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins |
| Cast | Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis, Rodney A. Grant |
| Genre | Thriller, Drama |
| Release Date | September 24, 1999 (USA) |
| Duration | 2h 3m (123 minutes) |
| Budget | $31 million (estimated) |
| Language | English |
| Country | United States |
Arlington Road (1999) Movie Ratings
| Platform | Rating |
|---|---|
| IMDb | ⭐ 7.2 / 10 |
| Rotten Tomatoes (Critics) | 🍅 62% Tomatometer |
| Rotten Tomatoes (Audience) | 🍿 67% Popcornmeter |
| Metacritic | 🎬 63 / 100 |
| Letterboxd | ⭐ 3.4 / 5 |
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Short Summary
A college professor is convinced that his new neighbor is a terrorist. And he might be right.
Review
Ah, the good old days of the late 20th Century when gas cost $1.30 a gallon, the stock market soared relentlessly and domestic terrorists were all the rage. This thriller, inspired by the growing uneasiness surrounding attacks on U.S. citizens by U.S. citizens such as those perpetrated by Timothy McVeigh and the “Unabomber,” Ted Kaczynski, centers around college professor Michael Faraday (Bridges), a man convinced his new neighbors are terrorists. When Oliver Lang and his wife (Robbins, Cusack) move next door, the professor already distressed over the recent loss of his FBI Agent wife to a terrorist attack is systematically broken down by fear as he learns more about Arlington Road’s newest residents.
Without giving away details that would spoil your viewing (and unlike most films reviewed on this site, there is a good chance you have not seen this critically lauded but relatively unknown work), the result is a slow-building, but nonetheless riveting movie as Faraday searches for the truth. Parts of it are boring, but that serves a necessary purpose.
Is Faraday losing his mind, or uncovering the next big terrorist plot? Its attention to detail, along with its unusual pacing make Arlington Road stand out from generic Hollywood crap. The unaccustomed twists at the end are ones you never see coming, and powered by strong performances by Bridges and Robbins, the film does a superb job of depicting an intangible, yet inescapable feeling paranoia that has come to play a central role in American life.
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