The Clearing
- Original title
- The Clearing
- Year
- 2004
- Running time
- 91 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Robert Redford
- Willem Dafoe
- Helen Mirren
- Matt Craven
- Alessandro Nivola
- Melissa Sagemiller
- Wendy Crewson
- Larry Pine
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Thriller. Drama | Kidnapping Film / Disappearance
- Synopsis
- Wayne (Robert Redford) and Eileen (Helen Mirren) Hayes live the American Dream. Together they’ve raised two children and struggled to build a successful business from the ground up. But there have been sacrifices along the way. When Wayne is kidnapped by an ordinary man, Arnold Mack (Willem Dafoe), and held for ransom in a remote forest, the couple’s world is turned inside out. Eileen finds her home full of FBI Agents, their life under scrutiny.
While Wayne is engaged in the negotiation of his lifetime, Eileen works frantically with the FBI to secure his release. The terrifying ordeal causes Wayne and Eileen to reassess their marriage and come to a deeper sense of their commitment to each other. With each passing hour, the need and desire for Wayne to return home safely becomes ever more urgent.- Critics' reviews
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"A beautiful and consistently engaging film, but that the filmmakers dared cast all three lead roles with actors who are over 40 makes it especially rewarding"
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"An extremely well- acted thriller that simply fails to thrill."
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"Redford has rarely done this kind of intimate drama, effectively a two-character play on the mountain, and he's very convincing. As is Dafoe"
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"Unsatisfying as crime drama but haunting as a meditation on marriage."
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