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Affliction

Movie
1998
1h 54m
R
English
Crime, Drama, Mystery
User Score: 
6.8
Critic Score: 
84
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A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.
Affliction Poster

Affliction

R
Movie
1998
1h 54m
English
Crime, Drama, Mystery
A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.
Rating
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6.8
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Affliction (1998) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
84

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Nick Nolte
Wade Whitehouse
Sissy Spacek
Margie Fogg
James Coburn
Glen Whitehouse
Willem Dafoe
Rolfe Whitehouse
Jim TrueFrost
Jack Hewitt
Marian Seldes
Alma Pittman
Holmes Osborne
Gordon LaRiviere
Sean McCann
Evan Twombley
Wayne Robson
Nick Wickham
Eugene Lipinski
J. Battle Hand
Tim Post
Chick Ward
Janine Theriault
Hettie Rogers
Sheena Larkin
Lugene Brooks
Penny Mancuso
Woman Driver
Donovan Reiter
Short-haired Local
Brawley Nolte
Young Wade
Michael Caloz
Young Rolfe
Joanna Noyes
Sally Whitehouse
Marcel Jeannin
State Trooper
Susan Almgren
Mrs. Gordon
Steve Adams
Mel Gordon
Directed By: Paul Schrader
Written By: Paul Schrader (Screenplay), Russell Banks (Novel)

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hirkiti says...
one year ago
Put it on blindly thinking it was a murder mystery staring a small town sheriff. It's not that. It's a "good" movie for sure but not very enjoyable to watch. To be expected I suppose from a film about abuse and alcoholism. Plays slow and grim as a frozen corpse but had me in stitches a few times. Similar to a Cohen Brothers movie but more somber and without their trademark giddiness. Wades character was written as a bit too much of an idiot for my taste. Had he been a pinch smarter it would have made the story more compelling to me. Could never stand that Sissy lady. Does she do it on purpose? If I were a real movie critic I would probably give it an 8 but I'm not so it gets a 6... Oh and it's the same director that did Cat People, Taxi Driver etc... he seems to have made some of the best and worst reviewed movies of all time. I'm going to try and work up the courage to watch some of his other films...
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gbelovai says...
9 years ago
Wow! Nolte and Coburn are mesmerizing...
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zajcev says...
6 years ago
The movie was too long and total waste of time.
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mike_a says...
3 years ago
The nuances in the screenplay and the acting (Nolte and Coburn Oscar nominees for their performances) along with the superb directing and filmography make for some palpable world building. Love the soundtrack as well.
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CinemaSerf
3 days ago
There's always something more affecting about a story set above a wintery snowline, and though this drama in itself is not really anything special, the effort from Nick Nolte is. "Wade" is the local sheriff who is held in disdain by just about everyone from his disparaging ex-wife (Mary Beth Hurt) t More
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