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Insufficient evidence. (Film).(In the Bedroom)
American Prospect, The, February, 2002 by Lesser, Wendy
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I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY EVERYBODY is making such a fuss over In the Bedroom, Todd Field's first feature-length movie. The film has a few surprisingly good moments, but these are vastly outweighed by its creakinesses, its unlikelihoods, and its forced, false emotions. It deals with a subject--the murder of a beloved only child--that is almost destined to fail if it does not rise uncannily above itself, and given this choice, In the Bedroom opts repeatedly for failure.
That it should do so is comprehensible and perhaps even honorable (as ambitious failures are often honorable), but it ...
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