Quite simply a modern-day masterpiece. The acting on all fronts is pitch perfect (both Spacek and Wilkinson deserved Oscars, without a doubt). Field's exceptional and profoundly unique directing style sets a tone of silent suspense that creeps through every minute of the film. It hits me so hard every time I watch it.

Excellent movie.

While the story itself is rather simple, the multilayered performances and the way Field resists exploitation makes this a complex masterpiece that doesn't hide the moral questions or seek to thrill with violence.

You can actually feel Tom Wilkinson's blood coming to a slow boil. Highly recommended.

In The Bedroom is fantastic up until the last 20 minutes, when it takes a weird and unlikely turn that I still don't really understand.

Mountains of unspoken angst. The cast is good all around but Tom Wilkinson is amazing.

Quiet, observant film explores how grief affects a longtime married couple and the people around them. Rock-solid performances by all the lead actors.

All of the performances are very good, especially Wilkinson. However, In The Bedroom is too slow storywise, which doesn't mean it's necessarily boring, but it does hurt the film's already formulaic and predictable plot.

Would have been a better film had the first half of the movie not been a slow, dull crawl. The second half is much better and builds to a good climax, but the ending after that climax was very disappointing. The performances were good, but nothing great. If you want to see a film that succeeds in the areas where this failed I'd recommend House of Sand and Fog.

Good Movie

Simmering, intense drama; provides a welcome showcase for Spacek and Wilkinson. Both turn in career-best performances, with excellent support work by Tomei. Field's oddball direction mines unexpected humour from unlikely situations (the door-knocking girl guide) and the story itself is rich with literary symbolism, with more than a dose of MACBETH, especially in the disturbing conclusion, which grows even more troubling on reflection. A quite extraordinary film, if somewhat austere at times.

Solid drama.