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Never stated in so many words, but the actual visual clues given (the hat Matt gives the boy, the pictures in the restaurant and in the cabin) suggest that Matt and Willis actually served in the Navy together.
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* VigilanteMan: Matt and an old Army buddy of his decide to forcibly make Richard leave town at gunpoint. It turns into murder as Matt then kills Richard, after which the two bury him in the woods.
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* VigilanteMan: Matt and an old Army Navy buddy of his decide to forcibly make Richard leave town at gunpoint. It turns into murder as Matt then kills Richard, after which the two bury him in the woods.
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* DecoyProtagonist: Frank and Natalie are built up in the first act as the main characters of a LoveTriangle story involving Natalie's ex-husband Richard. [[spoiler: Frank dies at the very end of the first act and Natalie's screen time drastically drops off after the event. The real protagonists are Matt and Ruth, Frank's parents.]]
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* HandsOffParenting: This is definitely Matt's approach to parenting Frank, as he rarely interferes with Frank's decisions.
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* HateSink: Richard Strout is an obnoxious and selfish brute of a man who becomes increasingly hostile in his efforts to reinsert himself into Natalie's life. [[spoiler: He not only shows absolutely no remorse for killing Frank, but even tries to justify his actions to his victim's father.]]
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* MyBelovedSmother: Matt accuses Ruth of being one towards Frank, for her constant disapproval and micromanaging of his life.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: When he returns home the morning after killing Richard, Matt is stunned and haunted by his actions.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: As the tension in their marriage reaches a boiling point, both Matt and Ruth issue one to the other for their differences in parenting styles, accusing the other of causing [[spoiler: Frank's death.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: When he returns home the morning after killing Richard, Matt is stunned and haunted by his actions.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: As the tension in their marriage reaches a boiling point, both Matt and Ruth issue one to the other for their differences in parenting styles, accusing the other of causing [[spoiler: Frank's death.]]
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* TheStoic: Matt. He doesn't emote very often, and almost never in front of others.
* UndyingLoyalty: Willis to his best friend Matt. [[spoiler: To the point that he helps him commit and cover up a murder.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: Willis to his best friend Matt. [[spoiler: To the point that he helps him commit and cover up a murder.]]
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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: The short story original had Frank die being [[Double tap shot twice in the chest and once in the head]]. The movie instead has him shot in the eye once.
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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: The short story original had Frank die being [[Double tap [[DoubleTap shot twice in the chest and once in the head]]. The movie instead has him shot in the eye once.
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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: The short story original had Frank die being [[Double tap shot twice in the chest and once in the head]]. The movie instead has him shot in the eye once.
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* EmptyBedroomGrieving: After Frank's funeral, Matt goes into Frank's room to grieve.
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* MeadowRun: The first scene is a chase variation of MeadowRun, with Frank chasing Natalie through the tall grass outside her house.
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* MeadowRun: The first scene is a chase variation of MeadowRun, with Frank playfully chasing Natalie through the tall grass outside her house.
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* MeadowRun: The first scene is a chase variation of MeadowRun, with Frank chasing Natalie through the tall grass, with the clear indication that sex will follow when he catches her. He does and it does.
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* MeadowRun: The first scene is a chase variation of MeadowRun, with Frank chasing Natalie through the tall grass, with the clear indication that sex will follow when he catches her. He does and it does.grass outside her house.
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* HollywoodLaw: The prosecutor tells Matt and Ruth that because Natalie did not explicitly ''see'' Richard shoot Frank, he'll only get charged with manslaughter, nor murder, and serve five to ten years at most. This is pretty ridiculous, as she'd seen plenty, like Richard breaking in, then having the murder weapon right in his hand with Frank dead on the ground. People have been convicted of murder without an eyewitness many times, or even a body sometimes-this would be far more than enough to prove the case along with his clear motive. Unless there was some problem with her testimony or the forensic evidence from the gun (none's mentioned) this would be open and shut. He might still have a plea deal, but it would likely be to second degree murder, with a much longer sentence than is mentioned. Instead, this inspires Matt to go vigilante on Richard so he won't get off so easily, which ends in Richard's murder.
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* VigilanteMan: Matt and an old Army buddy of his decide to forcibly make Richard leave town at gunpoint. It turns into murder as Matt then kills Richard, after which the two bury him in the woods.
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* MrsRobinson: There is a noticeable age difference between Frank and Natalie (the film doesn't state exactly, but Marisa Tomei was 15 years older than Nick Stahl). Frank's parents aren't wild about him dating a formerly married mother of two. Despite this, the movie doesn't try to paint Natalie as being manipulative as the TropeNamer (or other examples of this trope in action), as she is a firmly innocent figure despite everything that occurs.
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* MrsRobinson: There is a noticeable age difference between Frank and Natalie (the film doesn't state exactly, but Marisa Tomei was 15 years older than Nick Stahl). Frank's parents aren't wild about him dating a formerly married mother of two. Despite this, However, the movie doesn't try to paint Natalie as being manipulative as the TropeNamer (or other examples of this trope in action), as she is a firmly innocent figure despite everything that occurs.
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* MrsRobinson: There is a noticeable age difference between Frank and Natalie (the film doesn't state exactly, but Marisa Tomei was 15 years older than Nick Stahl). Frank's parents aren't wild about him dating a married woman.
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* MrsRobinson: There is a noticeable age difference between Frank and Natalie (the film doesn't state exactly, but Marisa Tomei was 15 years older than Nick Stahl). Frank's parents aren't wild about him dating a formerly married woman.mother of two. Despite this, the movie doesn't try to paint Natalie as being manipulative as the TropeNamer (or other examples of this trope in action), as she is a firmly innocent figure despite everything that occurs.
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It's not an EroticFilm; the title refers to the "bedroom" of a lobster trap. Matt and Ruth Fowler (Creator/TomWilkinson and Creator/SissySpacek) are a happily married couple nearing retirement age in a Maine coastal town; he is a doctor and she is a high school music teacher. They have one son, Frank (Nick Stahl) who is about to go to grad school to study architecture.
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It's not an EroticFilm; the title refers to the "bedroom" of a lobster trap. Matt and Ruth Fowler (Creator/TomWilkinson and Creator/SissySpacek) are a happily married couple nearing retirement age in a Maine coastal town; he is a doctor and she is a high school music teacher. They have one son, Frank (Nick Stahl) (Creator/NickStahl) who is about to go to grad school to study architecture.
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* VanityLicensePlate: The only bit of comic relief in the latter three-quarters of the movie comes when Tom is sitting at a traffic light. Ahead of him is a car with a "STUDENT DRIVER" sign on the back. Underneath that sign is a vanity plate that reads "[=PRAY4US=]".
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* VanityLicensePlate: The only bit of comic relief in the latter three-quarters of the movie comes when Tom is sitting at a traffic light. Ahead of him is a car with a "STUDENT DRIVER" sign on the back. Underneath that sign is a vanity plate that reads "[=PRAY4US=]"."[=PRAY4US=]".
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* SpoilerTitle: Thankfully averted in the film. The Andre Dubus short story the film was adapted from, however, is titled [[spoiler:"Killings"]], eliminating a lot of doubt about how it ends.
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* SpoilerTitle: Thankfully averted in the film. The Andre Dubus short story the film was adapted from, however, is titled [[spoiler:"Killings"]], [[spoiler:"Killings" (note the plural)]], eliminating a lot of doubt about how it ends.
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''In the Bedroom'' is a 2001 film directed and co-written by Todd Field.
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''In the Bedroom'' is a 2001 film directed and co-written by Todd Field.
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* SpoilerTitle: Thankfully averted in the film. The Andre Dubus short story the film was adapted from, however, is titled [[spoiler:"Killings"]], eliminating a lot of doubt about how it ends.
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* VanityPlate: The only bit of comic relief in the latter three-quarters of the movie comes when Tom is sitting at a traffic light. Ahead of him is a car with a "STUDENT DRIVER" sign on the back. Underneath that sign is a vanity plate that reads "[=PRAY4US=]".
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* VanityPlate: VanityLicensePlate: The only bit of comic relief in the latter three-quarters of the movie comes when Tom is sitting at a traffic light. Ahead of him is a car with a "STUDENT DRIVER" sign on the back. Underneath that sign is a vanity plate that reads "[=PRAY4US=]".
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Matt kills Richard out of revenge for Frank, and will likely get away with the crime, which satisfies Ruth; however, he's clearly disturbed by the whole affair.]]
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It's not an EroticFilm; the title refers to the "bedroom" of a lobster trap. Matt and Ruth Fowler (Tom Wilkinson and Creator/SissySpacek) are a happily married couple nearing retirement age in a Maine coastal town; he is a doctor and she is a high school music teacher. They have one son, Frank (Nick Stahl) who is about to go to grad school to study architecture.
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It's not an EroticFilm; the title refers to the "bedroom" of a lobster trap. Matt and Ruth Fowler (Tom Wilkinson (Creator/TomWilkinson and Creator/SissySpacek) are a happily married couple nearing retirement age in a Maine coastal town; he is a doctor and she is a high school music teacher. They have one son, Frank (Nick Stahl) who is about to go to grad school to study architecture.
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Creator/KarenAllen of ''Film/AnimalHouse'' and ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' fame appears in one scene as a defense attorney.
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* VanityPlate: The only bit of comic relief in the latter three-quarters of the movie comes when Tom is sitting at a traffic light. Ahead of him is a car with a "STUDENT DRIVER" sign on the back. Underneath that sign is a vanity plate that reads "PRAY4US".
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* VanityPlate: The only bit of comic relief in the latter three-quarters of the movie comes when Tom is sitting at a traffic light. Ahead of him is a car with a "STUDENT DRIVER" sign on the back. Underneath that sign is a vanity plate that reads "PRAY4US"."[=PRAY4US=]".
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: Matt gives a little bit of exposition to a boy about how the "bedroom" of a lobster trap is where the lobster is, well, trapped. He states specifically that if three lobsters get stuck in there together they start fighting and one usually comes off worse for it. The symbolism of the title and how it applies to the fatal LoveTriangle between Frank, Richard, and Natalie is obvious.
* DramaticGunCock: Matt does the "dramatically work the slide of an automatic" bit when pointing his gun at Richard. This scares Richard enough for him to meekly get in the car.
* EyeScream: There is a disturbing closeup of Frank dead on the floor, shot right through the right eye.
* JumpCut: There are several jump cuts in the last scene, when Matt is stripping off his murder clothes, putting them in the laundry, and going to bed. This seems to be symbolic of his disturbed state of mind.
* KubrickStare: Richard the psycho gives one to Frank as he's looking through the window in Natalie's door, right before their fatal confrontation.
* KubrickStare: Richard the psycho gives one to Frank as he's looking through the window in Natalie's door, right before their fatal confrontation.
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* MrsRobinson: There is a noticeable age difference between Frank and Natalie (the film doesn't state exactly, but Marisa Tomei was 15 years older than Nick Stahl). Frank's parents aren't wild about him dating a married woman.
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* MrsRobinson: There is a noticeable age difference between Frank and Natalie (the film doesn't state exactly, but Marisa Tomei was 15 years older than Nick Stahl). Frank's parents aren't wild about him dating a married woman.woman.
* VanityPlate: The only bit of comic relief in the latter three-quarters of the movie comes when Tom is sitting at a traffic light. Ahead of him is a car with a "STUDENT DRIVER" sign on the back. Underneath that sign is a vanity plate that reads "PRAY4US".
* VanityPlate: The only bit of comic relief in the latter three-quarters of the movie comes when Tom is sitting at a traffic light. Ahead of him is a car with a "STUDENT DRIVER" sign on the back. Underneath that sign is a vanity plate that reads "PRAY4US".
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It's not an EroticFilm; the title refers to the "bedroom" of a lobster trap. Matt and Ruth Fowler (Tom Wilkinson and Creator/SissySpacek) are a happily married couple nearing retirement age in a Maine coastal town; he is a doctor and she is a high school music teacher. They have one son, Frank (Nick Stahl) who is about to go to grad school to study architecture.
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''In the Bedroom'' is a 2001 film directed and co-written by Todd Field.
Matt and Ruth Fowler (Tom Wilkinson and Creator/SissySpacek) are a happily married couple nearing retirement age in a Maine coastal town; he is a doctor and she is a high school music teacher. They have one son, Frank (Nick Stahl) who is about to go to grad school to study architecture.
Nick is dating Natalie (Creator/MarisaTomei), a significantly older woman with two sons. Natalie is separated from her husband and the father of the boys, Richard (Creator/WilliamMapother). Richard, as it happens, is abusive, possessive, and violently jealous.
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* HappilyMarried: Until their son is murdered, Matt and Ruth are a loving couple with a surprisingly active sex life for people of their age.
* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: Ruth is complaining about her son getting distracted by his sexy girlfriend, saying "He needs his head in school, not in her." Matt grins lecherously and says "''So to speak''."
* LoveTriangle: Between beautiful Natalie, her abusive husband, and her adoring young new boyfriend. It doesn't end well.
* MaleGaze: Matt is grilling at a family cookout. He opens a bag of hamburger buns and says "I got the wrong kind of buns." His buddy Willis casts a gaze at Natalie's shapely posterior as she bends down to look after her son and says "Maybe we can borrow hers."
* MeadowRun: The first scene is a chase variation of MeadowRun, with Frank chasing Natalie through the tall grass, with the clear indication that sex will follow when he catches her. He does and it does.
* MrsRobinson: There is a noticeable age difference between Frank and Natalie (the film doesn't state exactly, but Marisa Tomei was 15 years older than Nick Stahl). Frank's parents aren't wild about him dating a married woman.
Matt and Ruth Fowler (Tom Wilkinson and Creator/SissySpacek) are a happily married couple nearing retirement age in a Maine coastal town; he is a doctor and she is a high school music teacher. They have one son, Frank (Nick Stahl) who is about to go to grad school to study architecture.
Nick is dating Natalie (Creator/MarisaTomei), a significantly older woman with two sons. Natalie is separated from her husband and the father of the boys, Richard (Creator/WilliamMapother). Richard, as it happens, is abusive, possessive, and violently jealous.
Tragedy ensues.
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!!Tropes:
* HappilyMarried: Until their son is murdered, Matt and Ruth are a loving couple with a surprisingly active sex life for people of their age.
* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: Ruth is complaining about her son getting distracted by his sexy girlfriend, saying "He needs his head in school, not in her." Matt grins lecherously and says "''So to speak''."
* LoveTriangle: Between beautiful Natalie, her abusive husband, and her adoring young new boyfriend. It doesn't end well.
* MaleGaze: Matt is grilling at a family cookout. He opens a bag of hamburger buns and says "I got the wrong kind of buns." His buddy Willis casts a gaze at Natalie's shapely posterior as she bends down to look after her son and says "Maybe we can borrow hers."
* MeadowRun: The first scene is a chase variation of MeadowRun, with Frank chasing Natalie through the tall grass, with the clear indication that sex will follow when he catches her. He does and it does.
* MrsRobinson: There is a noticeable age difference between Frank and Natalie (the film doesn't state exactly, but Marisa Tomei was 15 years older than Nick Stahl). Frank's parents aren't wild about him dating a married woman.
