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russell10
Critic Russell Smith
rated 9

In this magnificent, profoundly tragic film, Nolte and Coburn each turn in career-best performances as a father and son who embody the ancient, seemingly ineradicable male pathology of violence, retribution, and the slow death of the soul.

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

Cast & Crew

Paul Schrader
Director
Willem Dafoe
As Rolfe Whitehouse
James Coburn
As Glen Whitehouse
Nick Nolte
As Wade Whitehouse
Mark Camacho
As Clyde
Sean McCann
As Evan Twombley
Sissy Spacek
As Margie Fogg
Wayne Robson
As Nick Wickham

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A small-town policeman's investigation into a suspicious hunting accident leads him down a dangerous path of obsession and paranoia, threatening to consume him completely. As he delves deeper into the mystery, he becomes increasingly isolated and detached from reality, putting himself and those around him in harm's way. Will he be able to uncover the truth before it's too late, or will his own demons prove to be his ultimate undoing?

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Affliction include Seven, Irreversible, Dolores Claiborne, The Net, The Limey, The Bone Collector.

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Affliction was released in theaters on February 19, 1999.