Affliction

1998 114 min ★ 6.3 Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.

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Cast

Nick Nolte

Wade Whitehouse

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

Brigid Tierney

Jill

Sean McCann

Evan Twombley

Details

Director

Paul Schrader

Screenplay

Paul Schrader

Tagline

"Like father like son...?"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$6,330,054

Production

Largo Entertainment, Reisman / Kingsgate Productions

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

May 15, 2024

★ 7/10

There's always something more affecting about a story set above a wintery snowline, and though this drama in itself is not really anything special, the effort from Nick Nolte is. "Wade" is the local sheriff who is held in disdain by just about everyone from his disparaging ex-wife (Mary Beth Hurt) to his brute of a father (James Coburn). Then he hears of a fatal hunting accident and decides to inv...

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Wuchak

December 6, 2025

★ 7/10

**_Oddball drama about a troubled sheriff in snowy northern New Hampshire_** Shot in the winter of 1997, this is a psychological drama with some mystery, suspense and thrills, similar to "A Simple Plan," which was shot the next winter. While that film deals with corruption via the temptation of easy wealth, this one involves the corruption of sons (Nick Nolte and Willem Dafoe) by the sins of th...