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63% Critic Match
Affliction
“Like father like son...?”
6.3 / 10• 1998• 1h 54m•R• English
CrimeDrama
Storyline
A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.
Cast & Crew
Nick Nolte
Wade Whitehouse
Lead
Sissy Spacek
Margie Fogg
James Coburn
Glen Whitehouse
Willem Dafoe
Rolfe Whitehouse
Mary Beth Hurt
Lillian
Jim True-Frost
Jack Hewitt
Marian Seldes
Alma Pittman
Holmes Osborne
Gordon LaRiviere
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Paul Schrader's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Affliction is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
