Review of Arlington Road (1999) by Dustin S — 29 Oct 2007

A Solid Thriller that blurs the lines between good and evil. Excellent Twist Ending.

This review of Arlington Road (1999) was written by Dustin S on 29 Oct 2007.

Arlington Road has generally received positive reviews.

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DOUBLE THUMBS UP Viewed this on 8/4/15 Arlington road is a unique, realistic, potent, edge of the seat thriller that's able to hold the attention…

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By Patrick W (630) on 21 Jun 2016

Jeff Bridges is a college professor who begins to suspect that his neighbor might be a terrorist…

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Interesting idea. Clever ending. Surprised me. Tim Robbins, Jeff Bridges, Joan Cusack all good…

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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…

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Brilliant piece of American paranoia...love the way tension builds. Best line: what are you doing here? Shopping…

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A rather decent thriller, had blissfully forgotten what it was all about. Kept me entertained and on the edge, so could not have been bad, right…

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By Peter Brunette (102) for Film.com (1,892) on 30 Mar 2017

It plays lots of cool mind games with the audience -- if in an occasionally incoherent way -- and ends up providing a surprising amount of fun…

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