Affliction
1998 · Movie · 1h 54m · R
CrimeDramaMysteryThriller
"Like father like son...?"
Overview
A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.
Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Metacritic
79/100
Key crew
- Paul SchraderDirector
- Michael BrookOriginal Music Composer
- Paul SchraderScreenplay
Cast
- Nick NolteWade Whitehouse
- Sissy SpacekMargie Fogg
- James CoburnGlen Whitehouse
- Willem DafoeRolfe Whitehouse
- Mary Beth HurtLillian
- Jim True-FrostJack Hewitt
- Marian SeldesAlma Pittman
- Holmes OsborneGordon LaRiviere
- Brigid TierneyJill
- Sean McCannEvan Twombley
- Wayne RobsonNick Wickham
- Eugene LipinskiJ. Battle Hand
Stills
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Themes
small townbased on novel or bookwinterabusive fatherhalloweennew hampshirehunting accidentalcoholismsnowdomestic violenceattorneyvida rural