Arlington Road belongs to that splendid Hollywood tradition of dealing with serious, timely issues in the form of a suspense thriller.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Elvis Mitchell
While this film's conception of a terrorist threat is apparent early on, its strength lies in a string of ingenious little surprises.Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: Andrea C. Basora
Arlington Road does a nice job of keeping things speculative enough to remain interesting.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Slippery issues about trust, parental responsibility, and the inalienable American right to personal and political freedom are ceded to Hollywood's inalienable right to stage high-pitched chase scenes and a shocking big finish.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Rita Kempley
Though a thematically ambitious and deftly acted thriller, the film is also shockingly coldblooded and not a little reactionary.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Andrew O'Hehir
A movie where style and craft are fatally confused with substance, and where almost no effort is made to make the characters seem like believable people.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
Although the film starts out with well-mounted menace, Arlington Road becomes increasingly overwrought and predictable.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Dennis Lim
The mode is hysteric-Hitchcockian, the result mostly devoid of suspense.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
A conspiracy thriller that begins well and makes good points, but it flies off the rails in the last 30 minutes.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
The screenplay stretches the viewer's credulity far beyond the breaking point, asking us to accept dozens of absurd contrivances and coincidences.Read Full Review »
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