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In the Bedroom

In the Bedroom

2001Movie⏱️ 2h 11mR🏆 #1623 Top Rated
CrimeDrama
7.4
IMDB Rating
44,117 votes

A New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband.

Director
Todd Field
Writers
Andre Dubus, Robert Festinger, Todd Field
Stars
Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl
Release Date
February 8, 2002
Language
English, Serbo-Croatian
Country
United States
🏆 39
Wins
🎯 75
Nominations
💬 535
Reviews
📋 57.8K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Tom Wilkinson
Tom Wilkinson
as Matt Fowler
Sissy Spacek
Sissy Spacek
as Ruth Fowler
Nick Stahl
Nick Stahl
as Frank Fowler
Marisa Tomei
Marisa Tomei
as Natalie Strout
William Mapother
William Mapother
as Richard Strout
👤
William Wise
as Willis Grinnel
Celia Weston
Celia Weston
as Katie Grinnel
Karen Allen
Karen Allen
as Marla Keyes
👤
Frank T. Wells
as Henry
👤
W. Clapham Murray
as Carl

💰 Box Office

$44,763,181
Worldwide Gross
$35,930,604
Domestic Gross
$93,972
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.39 : 1
Sound
Dolby Digital
Color
Color
Filming Location
Camden, Maine, USA
Production
Good Machine, Standard Film Company, GreeneStreet Films

🏷️ Keywords

grieving familylobsteringwoodsrevenge murderdivorce

🎯 Categories

Psychological DramaTragedyCrimeDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Use of Sound
by robert-dixon-12009-05-12
8/10

"The use of sound in the film was interesting. Background noise was used to tell the story as much as as the filming angles. This gave the movie a compelling dimension of claustrophobia for the main characters as though everything was closing in on them. The sound aspect perfected a sense of distraction or lack of concentration that many people may feel after a tragedy. Of course the obvious scene is where the Dr. Fowler is speaking to the DA. The focus of the camera captures the movement of the DA's mouth, then the jingling of the keys in the DA's pocket. Another not-so-obvious scen..."

💡 Did You Know?

The title refers to the rear compartment of a lobster trap known as the "bedroom" and the fact that it can only hold up to two lobsters, before the lobsters begin to turn on each other. When there are more than two lobsters, it is said that there is "trouble in the bedroom."

📖 Synopsis

A New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband.