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Ralph Fiennes,
Ralph Fiennes,
Miranda Richardson,
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David Cronenberg,
David Cronenberg
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: Columbia TriStar
: Drama, Foreign, British Drama, UK
: 98 min.
: English
: English
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Ralph Fiennes plays a grown man haunted by his childhood in David Cronenberg's stylized psychological drama Spider. Upon his release from a mental institution, Spider (Fiennes) takes up residence in a halfway house. Paranoid, quiet, and forever making notes, Spider spends much of the film remembering scenes from his youth, specifically a horrific event from his childhood that occurred after he came to believe that his father (Gabriel Byrne) was having an affair on his mother (Miranda Richardson). The psychological terror builds to a climax that challenges how much the viewer can believe Spider's recollections of the event. Bradley Hall plays Spider as a boy, and Richardson portrays many different women who come into contact with Spider. Spider was screened in competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
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| Web of memories
by CSullivan
March 30, 2004 - 11:59 PM PST
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3 out of 4 members found this review helpful
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This is a dark, slow moving psychological drama of mental illness and a man's attempt to peel through his confusing memories to get to the truth of his past. Fantasy is mixed with reality and just as it is difficult for Spider to sort through, so it is for us. It is an interesting film, one that leaves you with multiple ways of interpreting what happened; the memories shown may or may not be what actually happened (even the ending). Ralph Fiennes is excellent as the troubled, solitary title character, Spider. Miranda Richardson in a triple role is also wonderful, as always. Howard Shore composed the austere and lonely music--a complete 180 from his work on LOTR. I had no idea what this movie was about before renting it, and was pleasantly surprised by it. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a thought provoking drama.
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| captures the schizophrenia well
by rarcher
September 15, 2003 - 11:23 AM PDT
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2 out of 7 members found this review helpful
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this film does a good job of capturing and conveying the confusion and paranoia of schizophrenia
you can maybe guess what happens, but you don't KNOW
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