Affliction (1997)
86 %
Reviews Counted: 42 Fresh: 36 Rotten:6 Average Rating: 7.5/10
Consensus:
Dark and bleak, the "kick-ass" performances, especially Nolte's "effective" portrayal of an abused soul, is the reason to see this film.
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Synopsis: Based on the novel by Russell Banks, AFFLICTION is a sobering, absorbing psychological study of the precarious relationship between an abusive father and his two sons. Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte) is a middle-aged ineffectual sheriff in a small New Hampshire town, where he and his brother,... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Nick Nolte, James Coburn, Sissy Spacek, Willem Dafoe, Mary Beth Hurt
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Schrader has skillfully turned Banks' novel into a compelling character study.
01/11/07
Arguably Scharder's strongest film in years, Affliction is a powerful reverie on family curse, how incontrollable anger, drinking, and violence almost inevitably pass on from one generation to the next.
06/12/06
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02/09/06
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02/04/06
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07/21/05
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04/09/05
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03/03/05
Affliction is a shattering film, a dose of bracing naturalism based on Russell Banks' most lacerating novel.
01/08/05
One wonders why Dafoe is even in the movie. But Nolte is, and that's what enriches Schrader's bleak drama.
07/07/04
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05/22/03
A terrifying movie that faces the truth of cruelty and its everlasting results.
01/17/03
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11/06/02
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10/15/02
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