Peereddi I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

BandicootBurn Michael Faraday (Jeff Bridges) is a college professor at George Washington University lecturing on terrorism, which conveniently fits into the story. His late wife (Laura Poe) was an anti-terrorist FBI agent who was killed in a botched raid, apparently this was loosely based on the real-life Ruby Ridge incident. Still dealing with the sudden loss of his wife, Michael cannot seem to forgive the bureau his wife worked for. A prodigious mistake where the flags were falsely raised led to the death of an innocent family along with Michael's wife and her fellow colleagues. Michael takes a great passion in his line of work and when he accidentally stumbles upon a suspicious building blueprint at the house of fellow Neighbour Oliver Lang (Tim Robbins) he begins to suspect that Oliver's family may be planning a catastrophic attack. This leads Michael to the terrifying hidden agenda of the 'friendly' Neighbours across the street. After Michael voluntarily begins researching Oliver he uncovers a very dark past, something which Oliver has been trying to hide. After finding this, Michael expresses his theories to his girlfriend Brooke Wolfe (Hope Davies) Brooke is initially not keen on accepting Michael's theories and decides to leave Michael until she notices Oliver and a suspicious package delivery in a garage. Michael eventually concludes that Oliver and his co-conspirators want the FBI headquarters this time and the finale leads to a terrifying and explosive twist. The ending throws all the Hollywood movie rules out of the window and it seems like a good thing for this. At times you think that the things that have happened in this movie must have been a coincidence but at the end when everything is revealed you realise how wrong you were, Michael didn't stand a chance and that they were one step ahead of him the whole time. There are some outstanding performances by both Tim Robbins and Jeff Bridges, the tension builds steadily throughout the whole film as you uncover more of Oliver's dark past until the dramatic twist at the very end. It is well worth the viewing and one of my favourite movies of all time.

alihandemiral Although the storyline's "coincidental" nature seems a bit sloppy, "Arlington Road" is a decent thriller with a great climax. The film gets tense twenty minutes in and the tension does not go down until the very end. Jeff Bridges' powerhouse performance as Prof. Michael Faraday and Tim Robbins' portrayal of the suspected neighbor Oliver Lang make the film even more enjoyable.It must be one of the best conspiracy thrillers out there for the genre lovers.

obo I agree with much of what patrick3201 wrote.This could have been a very short film. Oliver Lang could just parked a car with the bomb outside the building and left. Or a completely different bombing method, but uncomplicated. Job done. Then moved to the next target. I don't see the point in all the hassle he went through just to make Michael Faraday the scapegoat. He could have drugged him and placed him in the car if that was so important. He certainly couldn't expect that Michael Faraday would drive through the barricades to get in to the garage.I just don't buy the story leading up to the conclusion.

grantss Mostly mediocre but saved by the ending.Michael Faraday (played by Jeff Bridges) is a Professor, specialising in modern terrorism and terrorist acts on US soil in particular. His wife was an FBI agent but was killed in a bungled operation. A new family moves into the neighbourhood and, to Michael, certain things about the husband of the family don't gel. So he does some investigating...For much of this movie, this was a very conventional, run-of-the- mill thriller. Even calling it a "thriller" flatters it, as it had no twists or intrigues at all - everything was out in plain sight. Then it got even worse, degenerating into mindless chase scenes.However, it redeems itself, to an extent, with a great twist at the end. But for that this would have been a total write-off.