This is the best drama of the 90's

Jacknife, I think you are going too far saying "Affliction" is the best drama of the 90's. While I can't think of what could be off the top of my head, I'd be willing to say it's one of them.

I will say that I gained so much more respect for Nick Nolte after seeing it. It's amazing to see what his character goes through. All the suffering because of his father. It's always cinema gold whenever Notle's character is going off the deepend. He did it to a comedic degree in "Breakfast Of Champions", and to an over-the-top, super villian height in "Hulk".

I'm glad James Coburn won the Academy award.

You can not see through The Tunnel Of Doom.

While I found the film interesting, I certainly would not say that it is the best film of the 90s. It was at times almost torture to watch because of Coburn's character, and I understand that Wade was rendered miserable by his father, but it was almost as if he wanted it to be part of his character: that is, his depressed behavior seemed to be a large part of his identity. His brother seemed to have gotten away from all of it, so why didn't Wade? The constant long puss on Nolte was difficult to look at and nothing at all new for this actor who always seems to play one kind of tortured soul or another.
The film's message was clear and important...that children suffer in a protracted way when their parents do not work together to give them a sense of love and purpose, but, duh, we knew that, so why was this movie made? IMO, there was nothing about it that we haven't seen before, and while I admit that I was intrigued by it as I watched it, It's fading fast.
A coupla questions...
Who were the jesus freaks at the funeral?
Who was the lady that Nolte went to see at her computer when the two of them seemed to stumble upon plot-thickening info?
What do you think really happened to Twombly?



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This is also one of my favorite movies of all times. Though, I hesitate to call it the best drama of the 90s, I think its one of the most powerful and moving films Ive ever seen. This is a true "cause and effect" movie. Nolte and Coburn were great. I give it 9 out of 10. Certain days I even give it a 9.5!

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I agree completely with jackknife, I just watched this movie, I'm a fan of Shrader's collaborations with Scorsese and someone told me this movie was very good. So I rented it and I have to say that this should have won every "Best film" and "Best Acting" award for 1997. And I'd go as far as saying that it is the best drama of the nineties.

What I really liked about this movie is how unsentimental it is. It doesn't try to tug at your heart strings to make its point.