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A History of Violence

Cast

Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Heidi Hayes, Ashton Holmes View All


Crew

David Cronenberg (Director), Josh Olson (Screenplay) View All

Release: Sep. 23rd, 2005
Runtime: 1 hour, 36 minutes
An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
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The Prestige
BUT THEN..I did what I often do with most films I watch..I watched it again, and I have to say that never before have I done a bigger U Turn on a film than I did with Violence.
Gideon58
The film not only looks at mob violence, but it also looks at violence as an instrument of self defense; it looks at the possible connection between violence and genetics as Tom's son is observed dealing with a school bully in a rather unsettling way, and it even examines violence between a husband ....
meatwadsprite
This was the first Cronenberg film I had seen at the time and I actually did like it when I first watched it , but my recent second viewing has me laughing at my film taste when I was younger.
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