Arlington Road

Name: Arlington Road
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Released: July 9, 1999
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Joan Cusack, Tim Robbins

1999

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Generally favorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews

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Screen Gems | Release Date: July 9, 1999 | R

Starring: Jeff Bridges, Joan Cusack, Tim Robbins

Summary: 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.
(Sony Pictures)

Director: Mark Pellington

Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 117 min

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Kevin Thomas

Arlington Road belongs to that splendid Hollywood tradition of dealing with serious, timely issues in the form of a suspense thriller. Read full review

Andrea C. Basora

Arlington Road does a nice job of keeping things speculative enough to remain interesting. Read full review

Bob Graham

Although it takes something of a slog to get there, this thriller finally comes through where it counts. Read full review

Peter Rainer

If the bad guys in the real world were all this obvious, life would be a whole lot easier. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

A classy but over-contrived topical thriller about bomb plots and anti-government groups. Read full review

New Times (L.A.) Hal Hinson

Even before the film has worked up a head of steam, it has started to pile up the improbabilities, giving us reason to question its credibility. Read full review

Ron Wells

This masterpiece started out at around three stars, but after the credits, it just got sillier and more lurid. Read full review

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anothercoolguy

Jan 3, 2013

Great movie with good acting .

7 of 8 users found this helpful71

KeithC.

Jan 28, 2006

Very well written. You think the hero may actually save the day and they pull the rug right out from under you...Incredible twist.

1 of 2 users found this helpful

Diameter

Apr 27, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Plot holes It would have taken hundreds of pounds of C-4 to bring down the FBI building and it would have had to been detonated at a certain time and in a certain manner to do so. While the average automobile could hold enough to cause severe damage to such a structure, to have placed that much a in car's trunk unnoticed would have been difficult and even a casual observer would have seen the rear vehicle lower under such a load.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

Xenophobe114

Jun 24, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The end of this movie!!!

Because everybody seems that the movie has no end i'll explain the end here: Farraday's neighbor - Oliver Lang IS a terrorist, and manages to blow up an entire FBI building in which Farraday is killed, by putting the bomb in the car that Farraday rents, and with which he follows the car in which he thinks that Lang has put the bomb, without knowing that the bomb is in his own rented car. Farraday realizes that the bomb is in his car, but only too late. Farraday gets blamed for setting all this by up himself and Lang escapes with no one knowing that he is the guilty one and moves to another location, this seeming to be the usual way of operating for him and his wife, his wife was a terrorist as well.… Expand

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Veranda44

May 9, 2021

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1 of 1 users found this helpful10

Ocular24

Apr 14, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Michael tells the kids in his history class that people usually point the finger at one man after a terrorist attack, despite the fact that they don't know the other people who he was conspiring with and they don't know the reasons for his actions. They just want to know a single name, so they can say that he was brought to justice and feel safe again. This is indeed what happens in the film, as Michael is framed for the bombing and nobody stops to question what his role was in the attack nor do they stop to wonder who else was actually responsible.… Expand

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PaulW.

Mar 22, 2008

The main problems with this hokey and overwrought mishap are the beyond ridiculous storyline which scoffs the whole idea of suspension of disbelief, the cringeworthy and repetitive script and the annoying, over the top acting by Bridges. But even other 'minor' flaws in the The main problems with this hokey and overwrought mishap are the beyond ridiculous storyline which scoffs the whole idea of suspension of disbelief, the cringeworthy and repetitive script and the annoying, over the top acting by Bridges. But even other 'minor' flaws in the editing, lighting and shaky camera-work are not in any way less responsible for this movie turning out to be the most campy thriller with a decent cast I've seen in quite some time. Although, 'The Contract' did come to mind... But the ending was by a nose the most insulting part of the whole ordeal. An ending not oh-well-It's-just-a-movie kind of stupid, not what-do-ya-mean-the-earth-isn't flat kinda buffoonic, but abysmally worse, you'd have to see it to believe it. But I really wish you didn't. A serious no-brainer which will only get worse as the playtime goes on. And despite the few positive reviews some mentally challanged persons (or production crew) placed on this website, a must miss for sure.… Expand

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