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I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Wow, what an opening! And what an amazing, smart, edge of your seat ending! I really enjoyed the classroom teachings of Faraday, especially the ideas that I call the politics of fear. It's interesting that this movie came out in 1999, but seems very relevant even today. Also gives me pause to think about the phrase "he acted alone". I also enjoyed having Bridges and Robbins in the same movie, as I like both of those actors. Robbins is creepy, but I think Joan Cusack out-creeps him, and her facial expression change at the pay phone is probably gonna wig me out for a while! It's a slow film, but the ending makes it worth the view!

Worst movie I've ever seen! Good atmosphere but the ending was totally a disappointment! Why does this abomination have 7/10 stars? I could write a better scenario than this! It was building tension and in the end the bomb was in the car? Really? REALLY? Was Erchen Krouger high while he was writing it? Don't watch it... You'll just waste 2 hours of your life.

In Washington, Michael Faraday (Jeff Bridges) is coming home in the suburb and he sees the son of his neighbor, Brady Lang (Gamble Mason), burnt and wounded walking through the Arlington Road. He goes to the hospital with the child and befriends his neighbors Oliver Lang (Tim Robbins) and Cheryl Lang (Joan Cusack) that live in front of his house in the waiting room. The widower Michael is history professor at George Washington University, where he presently teaches terrorism, and raises his son Grant Faraday (Spencer Treat Clark) alone since the death is his beloved wife Leah. She was an FBI agent that died in action during an assignment with her partner Whit Carver (Robert Gossett). Now Michael is in a relationship with his former student Brooke Wolfe (Hope Davis). Soon Michael suspects of Oliver might be a terrorist initially based on a blueprint that his neighbor tells that it is a shopping mall but Michael believes it is a building and with returned correspondences in the mailbox. However his theory of conspiracy is rejected by Whit and Brooke. Michael becomes obsessed and investigates the life of his neighbor. Is Michael paranoid or is he correct in his suspicious? "Arlington Road" is an excellent scary thriller with a well written screenplay. The outstanding cast is supported by excellent lines and a great story of obsession. The conclusion is not predictable and the film has not aged after these years. On the contrary, the theme is absolutely updated. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "O Suspeito da Rua Arlington" ("The Suspect from Arlington Road")

Michael Faraday (Jeff Bridges) finds a bloody kid walking in the middle of the road. He brings the nameless boy to the hospital. It turns out to be Oliver (Tim Robbins) and Cheryl Lang (Joan Cusack)'s child Brady. The Langs moved in two months ago and it's the first time Michael had talked to them. He teaches a course in American Terrorism at George Washington University. His FBI agent wife was killed leaving him alone with their son. He's dating Brooke Wolfe (Hope Davis). The Langs seems to be good people until he starts suspecting them of being terrorists.There is a fictional past St Louis bombing as part of the story which is a thinly veiled reference to the Oklahoma bombing. It hits a little too close to the mark. It needs more differentiation to move away from the feel of ripped-from-the-headlines. The movie starts off slowly with the suburbia. It picks up a little bit of speed with some paranoia and darkness underneath. Bridges and Robbins do a pretty good job selling it. However it gets bog down with a lot of conspiracy theory investigation. The conspiracy is too big and way too complicated. It's also very annoying to have a stupid FBI agent. It's an easy cliché which adds nothing interesting. It would have been so much better to keep to the loner terrorist from everyday life. Doing the reverse is a fun exercise but not much more. The problem is that the filmmakers never ask why. It's a lot of convenient convoluted plot to do something that is questionable at best.