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Fifteen-year-old Tom struggles with coming of age as his seemingly normal middle-class London family moves to Devonshire. He is bored and lonely, his older sister has made friends fast, and his mother is about to have a third child. However, Tom's "normal" life becomes shattered when he inadvertently stumbles upon a horrific scene of incest that will soon tear his family apart.
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Art/Foreign, Drama and Adaptation |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 39 min. |
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| Release Date: |
December 10, 1999 Limited |
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| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$237,029 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
N/A
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NZone,
(4 out of 5 stars) "Actor Tim Roth’s directorial debut has already garnered incredible reviews and multiple awards/nominations during its European run." Full Review...
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culturevulture.net,
"'The War Zone' is dark, bleak and profoundly painful to watch." Full Review...
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Orlando Weekly Movies,
(3.5 out of 5 stars) "The camera never blinks in 'The War Zone,' even when it uncovers a sinister, closeted secret -- one whose discovery inevitably upsets the fragile balance of a family whose outwardly healthy relationships are built on a shaky foundation of lies." Full Review...
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Spliced Online: Painful, Powerful, Perverse,
"In its opening scene 'The War Zone,' a stormy, explosive drama of terrible family secrets, seems almost tranquil as a deeply sullen teenager named Tom (Freddie Cunliffe) rides his bicycle home through the green and gray, rain-swept and muddy Devonshire countryside." Full Review...
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