In the Bedroom

...insiktsfullt och detaljerat reflekterar den amerikanska kulturens svartaste avarter - och sedan, varsamt men skoningslöst, smular sönder spegelbilden.

Low-key, but emotionally devastating, former actor Todd Field's first movie is a superbly-crafted examination of family rifts, grief and the lengths to which one will go to appease a guilty conscience.

Every performance has perfect tone...

Much of In the Bedroom's success comes from Field's trust in the audience's ability to grasp the sublimity of Spacek and Wilkinson's candid performances.

Field's film holds up a dark, truthful mirror to what grief can do to people. It's wrenching stuff, superbly played.