Affliction

Year:	1997
Country:	International
Language:	English
Genre:	Drama, Mystery, Thriller
IMDB:	IMDB Page
Rating:	8.0 Rate
Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	2 Have Seen, 1 Wishlist


Director	Paul Schrader
Selected Cast	Nick Nolte as Wade Whitehouse
	Brigid Tierney as Jill Whitehouse
	Holmes Osborne as Gordon LaRiviere
	James Coburn as Glen Whitehouse
	Sissy Spacek as Margie Fogg
	Mary Beth Hurt as Lillian Whitehouse Horner
	Christopher Heyerdahl as Frankie Lacoy

Notes

USA / Canada co-production

Comments and Reviews


alexlincs 11th Dec 2021		Rated 8/10 Here's a film which is rarely talked about, often ignored in favour of other snow covered Neo Noir's: Fargo (undoubtedly a better film) and A Simple Plan (arguably a better film). A small town cop uncovers a web of corruption after a man mysteriously dies in a hunting accident. What he finds absolutely breaks him. I'm a big fan of films that are "the American dream gone wrong"; Sunset Blvd being the epitome. Nick Nolte gives a phenomenal performance as the seemingly nice guy cop (Wade Whitehouse) who depending on which way you look at it either becomes corrupt or just broken by a system he can't control. For me the stand-out performance is James Coburn as Wade's alcoholic, bullying father, for which he won an academy award for best supporting actor. A role turned down by James Garner and Paul Newman because they thought the character was too mean. Also credit to William Defoe being cast against type and playing the laidback, academic brother and not his usual sinister bad guy. Affliction came out before incredibly dumbed-down movies became de rigueur for Hollywood. Affliction is highly regarded, but often overlooked. It is dialogue heavy and slow moving with a down beat ending. Audiences have become more intelligent, but Hollywood feels the need to spoonfeed us obvious plots with characters with as much depth as a gnat's urine sample. Affliction is a genuinely deep character study with existential themes typical of Paul Schrader. In a year of great films: Fargo, Secrets & Lies, Lone Star and Sling Blade Affliction still deserved more of a look. Trust me it's better than Shine, Emma and The English Patient. 2 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



jaimeeduardo 9th Jan 2021

Add a Comment or Review about this movie

Tags: Neo Noir

This Movie: Add Image : Add Video : Add Missing Info : Make Correction : Add to List : Add See Also : Add Tag : Edit Images : Show Image Data : Credits : BBCode