Although "In the Bedroom" shows the pain of losing a child to a happy family, director Todd Field showed a different perspective. The film completely got rid of the sensational clichés and exaggerations of Hollywood melodramas, and calmly interprets a family tragedy in a unique way. The film does not use weird and exaggerated tactics, but uses simple techniques to express very restrainedly, thus presenting a quiet and far-reaching style
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Although "In the Bedroom" is a movie that is not very entertaining and commercial, it has received widespread praise at the Sundance Film Festival
. The film does not use a straightforward way to show the conflict, but implicitly portrays the character's psychology through suggestion. This film does not rely on lines, but it exerts the power of images and details. In the soothing narration, the plot of the film is laid out and brought into play, and the sad atmosphere and the grief of the characters are also rendered
. In "In the Bedroom", Sissi Spicer portrays the contradictions and struggles within the characters into three parts
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