In the Bedroom

in the bedroom creeps up on you slowly and subtly. it becomes one of those powerful emotional experiences that some films bring out of you. but it doesn't show its cards right away. silence pervades every part of this film in a very disquieting way. we can sense the emotions boiling underneath the silent moments. the pain seething, the anger growing, and the sadness bubbling to the surface. it's not until these emotions burst out in certain scenes that the film really grabs a hold of us and shakes the same emotions out of us. it is a small miracle that this film is as emotionally affecting as... read more