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{{Short description|2001 film by Todd Field}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = In the Bedroom
| image          = In_the_Bedroom_Theatrical_Release_Poster,_2001.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Todd Field]]
| producer       = {{ubl|Todd Field|[[Ross Katz]]|Graham Leader}}
| screenplay     = {{ubl|Todd Field|Robert Festinger}}
| based_on       = {{Based on|"[[Killings (short story)|Killings]]"|[[Andre Dubus]]}}
| starring       = {{ubl|[[Sissy Spacek]]|[[Tom Wilkinson]]|[[Nick Stahl]]|[[William Mapother]]|William Wise|[[Celia Weston]]|[[Marisa Tomei]]}}
| music          = [[Thomas Newman]]
| cinematography = Antonio Calvache
| editing        = Frank Reynolds
| studio         = {{ubl|[[Good Machine]]|Eastern Standard Film Company|GreeneStreet Films}}
| distributor    = [[Miramax Films]]
| released       = {{Film date|2001|01|19|[[Sundance Film Festival|Sundance]]|2001|11|23|United States}}
| runtime        = 131 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $1.7 million<ref name="boxofficemojo.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=inthebedroom.htm|title=In the Bedroom (2001) - Box Office Mojo|website=Boxofficemojo.com|access-date=22 August 2017}}</ref>
| gross          = $44.8 million<ref name="boxofficemojo.com"/>
}}

'''''In the Bedroom''''' is a 2001 American [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Todd Field]] from a screenplay by Field and Robert Festinger, based on the 1979 short story "[[Killings (short story)|Killings]]" by [[Andre Dubus]]. It stars [[Sissy Spacek]], [[Tom Wilkinson]], [[Nick Stahl]], [[Marisa Tomei]], and [[William Mapother]]. The film centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler (Wilkinson) is a doctor practicing in [[Maine]] and is married to Ruth Fowler (Spacek), a music teacher. Their son Frank (Stahl) is involved in a love affair with an older single mother, Natalie Strout (Tomei). As the beauty of Maine's brief and fleeting summer comes to an end, these characters find themselves in the midst of an unimaginable tragedy.

The title refers to the rear compartment of a [[lobster trap]] known as the "bedroom" and how it can hold only two [[lobster]]s before the lobsters begin to turn on each other. ''In the Bedroom'' premiered at the 2001 [[Sundance Film Festival]]. It was theatrically released in [[limited release|limited theatres]] on November 23, 2001, and grossed $44.8 million against a $1.7 million budget. The film was praised for Field's direction, its screenplay and the performances (particularly those of Spacek, Wilkinson, Stahl and Tomei).

''In the Bedroom'' received 5 nominations at the [[74th Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] (for Spacek), [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] (for Wilkinson) and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] (for Tomei). The film also earned Spacek and Wilkinson nominations for Best Actress and Best Actor respectively at the [[55th British Academy Film Awards]] and the [[8th Screen Actors Guild Awards]]. Spacek's performance in the film earned her the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]] and the [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress]]. Moreover, the film was chosen by the [[American Film Institute]] as one of the top ten films of the year while Spacek's performance was named the best female performance of the year.

==Plot==
In coastal [[Camden, Maine]], Matt and Ruth Fowler enjoy a happy marriage and a good relationship with their son Frank, a recent college graduate home for the summer. Frank has fallen in love with a divorced older woman with children, Natalie Strout; Ruth is concerned about the relationship, while Matt thinks it is only a fling. The family struggles to communicate their feelings to one another, especially regarding Frank's relationship and schooling.

Frank is about to begin graduate school for architecture but is considering staying in town to continue working as a fisherman and to be near Natalie and her kids. Natalie's ex-husband, Richard Strout, tries to find a way into his ex-wife and children's lives, going to increasingly violent lengths to get his intentions across to Natalie, including assaulting Frank.

Frank rushes to Natalie's home one evening after receiving a frightened phone call from one of her children. He arrives to find the living room trashed and Natalie in distress. She tells him Richard just left, but he returns almost immediately. Natalie takes the boys upstairs, and Frank insists through the locked front door that Richard leave. He feigns doing so, only to break in through the back door with a handgun; in the ensuing scuffle, Frank is shot and killed.

Though equally devastated, Matt and Ruth grieve in different ways, with Matt putting on a brave face and quickly returning to work, while Ruth becomes reclusive and quiet. The couple retreat with friends Willis and Katie Grinnel to a secluded cottage for a weekend, but Ruth is distant and Matt begins to drink heavily.

At Richard's bail hearing, Natalie is pressed by his lawyer over whether she saw the shooting, as she initially testified when police arrived on the scene, and she tearfully shakes her head, as she only heard what happened. The tension between Matt and Ruth increases when their lawyer informs them that because of the change from Natalie's original testimony, Richard was allowed out on bail, and his defense will argue that Frank's death was an accident, meaning Richard will most likely be charged with accidental manslaughter and only serve five to ten years in prison. The couple begin to see Richard around town.

Matt approaches Natalie at work to check in on her and the two have a well-intentioned but strained conversation. Matt takes the boat out to catch lobsters to feel a connection with Frank, but he struggles with it and is pinched by a lobster, leaving a bleeding wound on one finger which Matt bandages. Natalie approaches Ruth at work and attempts to apologize, but Ruth slaps her before dismissively returning to her work. Natalie leaves in tears. Later that day, Ruth runs into Richard at the grocery store.

When she returns home, an argument erupts between the couple in which they emotionally savage each other; Matt lambastes Ruth for being overbearing in Frank's youth, while Ruth chastises Matt for showing little grief for their deceased son and encouraging his relationship with Natalie because of his own vicarious lust for her. After a young girl selling candy for a fundraiser interrupts them, Matt takes back what he said to Ruth, who apologizes in turn and, breaking down, tells Matt about seeing Natalie and Richard. They embrace and find common ground in their grief. Matt and Willis spend the evening drinking and lamenting the injustice, and Willis asks if the couple have considered moving or doing anything about Richard.

Matt abducts Richard at gunpoint, saying he's arranged for Richard to jump bail and leave the state, so as to spare them the pain of seeing him in Camden. He forces Richard to pack clothes for warm weather and plants a train schedule in his apartment. He then makes Richard drive them to the Grinnel cabin, where Willis is waiting with another vehicle. He begins to load Richard's belongings, but Matt hesitates, then shoots Richard, killing him. Willis admonishes Matt for not following their plan to kill Richard in the woods, and Matt responds that he couldn't wait. They bury Richard's body deep in the woods but are stuck unexpectedly at a bridge crossing on their return home. Willis laments that this cost them nearly an hour, meaning they will arrive back in town just after sunrise instead of in darkness.

Matt returns home to find Ruth awake. She asks, "Did you do it?" Matt appears troubled and unresponsive. He climbs into bed and turns away from her. She asks if he's okay, and Matt haltingly describes a photo he saw in Richard's apartment of him with Natalie in a loving embrace, but cannot explain why it affected him. At length Ruth gets up to make coffee, calling "Matt, do you want coffee?" from the kitchen, but he doesn't answer. Matt removes the bandage from his finger and finds the wound still there.

==Cast==
* [[Sissy Spacek]] as Ruth Fowler
* [[Tom Wilkinson]] as Matt Fowler
* [[Nick Stahl]] as Frank Fowler
** Henry Field as Young Frank
* [[Marisa Tomei]] as Natalie Strout
* [[William Mapother]] as Richard Strout
* William Wise as Willis Grinnel
* [[Celia Weston]] as Katie Grinnel
* [[Karen Allen]] as Marla Keyes
* Frank T. Wells as Henry
* W. Clapham Murray as Carl
* Terry A. Burgess as District Attorney
* [[Jonathan Walsh]] as Father McCasslin
* Justin Ashforth as Tim Bryson
* Deborah Derecktor as Janelle
* Camden Munson as Jason Strout
* Christopher Adams as Duncan Strout
* [[Kevin Chapman]] as Tim's Friend

==Production==
Principal photography began on 1 June 2000 and completed on 6 July 2000.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/452039/in-the-bedroom#notes | title=In the Bedroom }}</ref>

==Release==
[[File:Todd Field & Tom Wilkinson.jpg|thumb|[[Todd Field]] and [[Tom Wilkinson]] at the [[Deauville Film Festival]] in September 2001]]
''In the Bedroom'' made its debut at the 2001 [[Sundance Film Festival]]. In a 2022 ''[[The New Yorker]]'' profile, director Todd Field recalled that when the film was acquired by [[Miramax Films]], he was devastated, concerned that his film would be heavily re-edited by [[Harvey Weinstein]]. Field called [[Tom Cruise]], a personal friend (and cousin of ''In the Bedroom'' actor [[William Mapother]]), who advised him not to give Weinstein any pushback, allow him to extensively re-edit, wait until the film tested poorly, then remind Weinstein of how well the film was initially received at Sundance. Field followed Cruise's advice and it worked.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Schulman |first=Michael |date=January 14, 2023 |title=Todd Field's Long Road to "Tár" |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/notes-on-hollywood/todd-fields-long-road-to-tar |access-date=January 15, 2023 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tinoco |first=Armando |date=January 14, 2023 |title=Tom Cruise Saved Todd Field's 'In the Bedroom' From Harvey Weinstein |url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/tom-cruise-saved-todd-field-in-the-bedroom-harvey-weinstein-1235222248/ |access-date=January 15, 2023 |website=[[Deadline (website)|Deadline]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

Critic Dennis Lim wrote in ''[[Village Voice]]'':

{{blockquote|Todd Field's debut feature, ''In the Bedroom'', alighted on the snowy peaks of Sundance last January as if from another universe. Here was a small miracle of patience and composure, so starkly removed from everything the festival had come to represent that it seemed almost to herald the overdue coming-of-age of American independent film.<ref name="Village Voice">{{cite web |title=Scenes From a Marriage |last=Lim |first=Dennis |date=November 20, 2001 |url= https://www.villagevoice.com/2001/11/20/scenes-from-a-marriage/
|website=[[Village Voice]]}}</ref>}}

''In the Bedroom'' was the first film that premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. It also received nominations for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted screenplay, more nominations than any film to premiere at Sundance until ''[[Precious (film)|Precious]]'' in 2009.<ref name="Sundance at the Oscars">{{cite web |last=Turitz |first=Neil |date=January 21, 2014 |title=Sundance at the Oscars |url=http://www.studiosystemnews.com/sundance-at-the-oscars-the-films-that-crossed-over-from-park-city-to-hollywood/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140126064547/http://www.studiosystemnews.com/sundance-at-the-oscars-the-films-that-crossed-over-from-park-city-to-hollywood/ |archive-date=January 26, 2014 |access-date=18 February 2014 |website=Studio System News}}</ref>

===Box office===
''In the Bedroom'' was the second highest-grossing film that premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] from 2000 to 2009, after ''[[Napoleon Dynamite]]''.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 13, 2014 |title=Ten Grossers At Sundance this Decade |url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/b.o._of_the_00s_the_top_grossing_sundance_films/Top |access-date=22 August 2017 |website=Indiewire.com }}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The film grossed a worldwide total of $44.8 million.<ref>{{mojo title|inthebedroom|In the Bedroom}}</ref> It went on to become, at the time, the highest-grossing non-[[IMAX]] film in history never to reach the top 10 in a given week, and also one of the most successful films in history, with an expense-to-profit ratio of 1:25.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic/never1.htm?page=never10&p=.htm|title=Top Grossing Movies That Never Hit the Top 10 at the Box Office|website=Boxofficemojo.com|access-date=22 August 2017}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
[[File:Tom & Sissy.jpg|thumb|right|The performances of [[Sissy Spacek]] and [[Tom Wilkinson]] received critical acclaim, earning them [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominations for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] and [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] respectively.]]

Upon its release, the film received critical acclaim for its direction, script, and performances, notably from Wilkinson and Spacek. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 93% based on 139 reviews, with an average score of 7.90/10. The site's consensus states "Expertly crafted and performed, ''In the Bedroom'' is a quietly wrenching portrayal of grief."<ref name="rotten">{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/in_the_bedroom/ |title=''In the Bedroom'' |access-date=January 12, 2022 |website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]] }}</ref>[[Metacritic]], which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 86 out of 100 based on reviews from 31 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |title= In the Bedroom |url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/in-the-bedroom |website= [[Metacritic]] }}</ref>

[[David Edelstein]] of ''[[Slate Magazine]]'' in his review of the film wrote that "it is the best movie of the last several years" and described it "the most evocative, the most mysterious, the most inconsolably devastating" film. He further mentioned that the effect of the film "isn't over when you leave the theater" and that it's "always going to be there". He also called ''In the Bedroom'' a "masterpiece".<ref>{{cite news|last=Edelstein |first=David|title=In the Thrall|work=[[Slate Magazine]]|date=23 November 2001 |url=https://slate.com/culture/2001/11/in-the-bedroom-the-most-devastating-film-of-the-year.html |access-date=January 18, 2023}}</ref>

[[Neil Norman]] of ''[[The Evening Standard]]'' stated "It is apparent that Field has not only studied the masters of cinematic understatement, such as [[Yasujirō Ozu|Ozu]] and [[Ingmar Bergman|Bergman]], but that he fully understands their processes... Field's achievement is such a perfectly consummated marriage of intent and execution that he need never make another movie. I would not be alone, I think, in hoping he will make many more."<ref>{{cite news|last= Norman |first=Neil|title=A fatal summer affair|work=[[The Evening Standard]]|date=January 24, 2002}}</ref>

William Arnold of the ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'' compared Field's direction to [[Stanley Kubrick|Kubrick]]'s, saying that it "manages to feel both highly controlled and effortlessly spontaneous at the same time; and his lifting of the facade of this picturesque, Norman Rockwell setting is carried out with surgical precision". He further mentioned that "like Kubrick, Field doesn't make any moral judgments about his characters, and his film remains stubbornly enigmatic. It can be read as a high-class revenge thriller, an ode to the futility of vengeance or almost anything in between."<ref>{{cite news|last= Arnold |first=William|title=Pulling Back the Covers on an Idyllic Life |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]|date=25 December 2001 |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/ae/movies/article/Pulling-back-the-covers-on-an-idyllic-life-1075460.php |access-date=January 18, 2023}}</ref>

[[Stanley Kauffmann]] of ''[[The New Republic]]'' wrote, "''In the Bedroom'' leaves us with the happy knowledge that with Field the American film scene, continually deplored as scraggly, can boast another admirable directing talent.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Stanley |date=17 December 2001 |title=Down to Earth |magazine=[[The New Republic]] |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/66027/down-earth |access-date=January 18, 2023}}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' stated in his review that it is "one of the best-directed films of the year" and that "every performance has a perfect tone".<ref name="Ebert Review">{{cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=In the Bedroom|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/in-the-bedroom-2001|website= [[Chicago Sun-Times]] |access-date=25 February 2014}}</ref>  He listed ''In the Bedroom'' as his third best film of the year 2001.<ref name="Ebert Top 10">{{cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=Roger Ebert Top 10 List|url=http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~ejohnson/critics/ebert.html|website=Alumnus.caltech.edu|access-date=25 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231063216/http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~ejohnson/critics/ebert.html|archive-date=31 December 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s [[Peter Travers]] called the film "an uncommonly good movie" that "will hit you hard."<ref name="Travers Review" /> He also mentioned that "[[Academy Awards|Oscar]] would be a fool" if it ignores Spacek and Wilkinson's "career-crowning performances".<ref name="Travers Review">{{cite magazine|last=Travers|first=Peter|title=In the Bedroom|date=January 11, 2002|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/in-the-bedroom-20011113|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=25 February 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120824021205/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/in-the-bedroom-20011113 |archive-date=August 24, 2012}}</ref>

Among the negative reviews of the film include Paul Tatara of [[CNN]] mentioning that the film "flounders" despite the good performances.<ref name="Tatara Review">{{cite web |last=Tatara |first=Paul |date=November 23, 2001 |title='Bedroom' well-performed, but severe Dreadful atmosphere |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/23/review.in.the.bedroom/index.html |access-date=25 February 2014 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> [[Stephen Hunter]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' said "it opens brilliantly" but goes on to "self-negating absurdity."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hunter |first=Stephen |date=December 25, 2001 |title=Sorting Through Pain In a Messy 'Bedroom' |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/12/25/sorting-through-pain-in-a-messy-bedroom/a71c6d31-e049-47aa-9ccc-cfb18dabc83b/ |access-date=January 18, 2023}}</ref>

=== Retrospective lists ===
[[A. O. Scott]] included the film in his ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' essay "The most important films of the past decade—and why they mattered."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/magazine/15FOB-wwln-t.html|title=Screen Memories|first=A. O.|last=Scott|date=12 November 2009|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=22 August 2017}}</ref>

''In the Bedroom'' was also chosen by the New York Times Film Critics for their "Best 1,000 Films of All Time" list.<ref name="NYT In the Bedroom Overview">{{cite news|title=NYT In the Bedroom Overview|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/237127/In-the-Bedroom/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210070457/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/237127/In-the-Bedroom/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-12-10|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2013|access-date=2017-08-22}}</ref>

The March 2023 issue of ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine listed ''In the Bedroom'' alongside ''[[Citizen Kane]]'', ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]'', ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'', ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'', ''[[The Conversation]]'', ''[[Nashville (film)|Nashville]]'', ''[[Taxi Driver]]'', ''[[The Elephant Man (1980 film)|The Elephant Man]]'', ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'', ''[[There Will Be Blood]]'', ''[[Roma (2018 film)|Roma]]'', and ''[[Tár]]'', also directed by Field, as "The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars".<ref name="The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars">{{cite news |date=March 28, 2023 |title=The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-oscar-best-picture-losers.html |access-date=2020-03-28}}</ref>''

The March 2024 issue of ''[[IndieWire]]'' listed ''In the Bedroom'' and ''[[Tár]]'', also directed by Field, as two of the "Best Picture Nominees that Deserved to win the Oscar."<ref>{{cite web |date=March 2, 2024 |title=40 Best Picture Nominees that Deserved to Win the Oscar|url=https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/best-picture-oscar-snubs/ |access-date=2024-03-02}}</ref>

==Accolades==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Recipients
! Result
|-
| rowspan="5"|[[Academy Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=2002 {{!}} Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2002 |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=www.oscars.org |date=December 4, 2015 |language=en}}</ref>
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| Graham Leader, Ross Katz and Todd Field
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Tom Wilkinson
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Sissy Spacek
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| Marisa Tomei
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| Robert Festinger and Todd Field
| {{nom}}
|- 
|-style="border-top:2px solid gray;"
| rowspan="3"|[[American Film Institute|American Film Institute Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFI Awards 2001 |url=https://www.afi.com/award/afi-awards-2001/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=American Film Institute |language=en}}</ref>
| Top 10 Films
| Graham Leader, Ross Katz, Todd Field
| {{won}}
|-
| Actor of the Year
| Tom Wilkinson
| {{nom}}
|-
| Actress of the Year
| Sissy Spacek
| {{won}}
|- 
|-style="border-top:2px solid gray;"
| rowspan="2"|[[55th British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film in 2002 {{!}} BAFTA Awards |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2002/film |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=awards.bafta.org}}</ref>
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
| Tom Wilkinson
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
| Sissy Spacek
| {{nom}}
|- 
|-style="border-top:2px solid gray;"
| rowspan="3"|[[Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=7th Critics' Choice Movie Awards |url=https://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2001.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107093817/https://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2001.php |archive-date=2013-01-07 |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=bfca.org}}</ref>
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture|Best Film]]
| Graham Leader, Ross Katz, Todd Field
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Sissy Spacek
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| Marisa Tomei
| {{nom}}
|- 
|-style="border-top:2px solid gray;"
| rowspan="4"|[[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| Graham Leader, Ross Katz, Todd Field
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Tom Wilkinson
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Sissy Spacek
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| Marisa Tomei
| {{nom}}
|-
|-style="border-top:2px solid gray;"
| rowspan="2"|[[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Sissy Spacek
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| Marisa Tomei
| {{won}}
|- 
|-style="border-top:2px solid gray;"
| [[Florida Film Critics Circle Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=State critics pick "Amelie' as top movie _ twice |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2002/01/03/state-critics-pick-amelie-as-top-movie-twice/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}</ref>
| [[Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Sissy Spacek
| {{won}}
|- 
|-style="border-top:2px solid gray;"
| rowspan="3"|[[Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Winners & Nominees 2002 |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/2002 |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=Golden Globes |language=en |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924044003/http://www.hfpa.org/browse/?param=%2Fyear%2F2002 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Graham Leader, Ross Katz, Todd Field
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress – Motion Picture, Drama]]
| Sissy Spacek
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
| Marisa Tomei
| {{nom}}
|- 
|-style="border-top:2px solid gray;"
| rowspan="4"|[[Independent Spirit Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-03-24 |title="Memento" Has the Spirit |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/43044/memento_has_spirit |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=E! Online}}</ref>
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature|Best First Feature]]
| Todd Field
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead|Best Male Lead]]
| Tom Wilkinson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead|Best Female Lead]]
| Sissy Spacek
| {{won}}
|- 
| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Robert Festinger and Todd Field
| {{nom}}
|-
|-style="border-top:2px solid gray;"
|rowspan="2"|[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-12-16 |title='Bedroom' Is Top Pick of L.A. Film Critics |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-16-me-15388-story.html |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| Graham Leader, Ross Katz, Todd Field
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Sissy Spacek
| {{won}}
|-
|-style="border-top:2px solid gray;"
| rowspan="2"|[[National Board of Review Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=2001 Archives |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/2001/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=National Board of Review |language=en-US}}</ref>
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Todd Field
| {{won}}
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| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| Robert Festinger and Todd Field
| {{won}}
|-
|-style="border-top:2px solid gray;"
| rowspan="3"|[[New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-12-14 |title=Critics Group Names 'Mulholland' Best Film |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/14/movies/critics-group-names-mulholland-best-film.html |access-date=2023-01-18 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best First Film|Best First Film]]
| Todd Field
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Tom Wilkinson
| {{won}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Sissy Spacek
| {{won}}
|-
|-style="border-top:2px solid gray;"
| rowspan="7"|[[Online Film Critics Society Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-01-03 |title=2001 Awards (5th Annual) |url=https://ofcs.org/awards/2001-awards-5th-annual/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=Online Film Critics Society |language=en-US}}</ref>
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Picture|Best Film]]
| Graham Leader, Ross Katz, Todd Field
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Todd Field
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Tom Wilkinson
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Sissy Spacek
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| Marisa Tomei
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Adapted]]
| Robert Festinger and Todd Field
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Filmmaker|Best Breakthrough Filmmaker]]
| Todd Field
| {{nom}}
|-
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| rowspan="4"|[[Satellite Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=2002 6th Annual SATELLITE™ Awards |url=http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2002.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112205515/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2002.shtml |archive-date=2008-01-12 |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=International Press Academy}}</ref>
| [[Satellite Award for Best Film – Drama|Best Film – Drama]]
| Graham Leader, Ross Katz, Todd Field
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture|Best Actress – Drama]]
| Sissy Spacek
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Drama]]
| Marisa Tomei
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Adapted]]
| Robert Festinger and Todd Field
| {{won}}
|-
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| rowspan="3"|[[8th Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards {{!}} Screen Actors Guild Awards |url=https://sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/8th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=sagawards.org}}</ref>
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role]]
| Tom Wilkinson
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role]]
| Sissy Spacek
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
| William Mapother, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei, Celia Weston, Tom Wilkinson, William Wise
| {{nom}}
|-
|-style="border-top:2px solid gray;"
| rowspan="2"|Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards<ref>{{Cite web |title=2001 Winners |url=https://www.sefca.net/winners#/2001 |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=Southeastern Film Critics Association |language=en-US}}</ref>
| Best Actress
| Sissy Spacek
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Supporting Actress
| Marisa Tomei
| {{won}}
|-
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| [[Sundance Film Festival|Sundance Film Festival Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=2001 Sundance Film Festival |url=https://history.sundance.org/events/36 |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=www.sundance.org |language=en}}</ref>
| Special Jury Prize – Dramatic Acting
| Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson
| {{won}}
|-
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| [[USC Scripter Award]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Linzey |first=Adam |date=2002-01-16 |title='A Beautiful Mind' wins Scripter Award |url=https://news.usc.edu/3843/a-beautiful-mind-wins-scripter-award-2/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=USC News |language=en-US |archive-date=January 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118024628/https://news.usc.edu/3843/a-beautiful-mind-wins-scripter-award-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| USC Scripter Award
| Robert Festinger and Todd Field (screenwriters) and Andre Dubus (author)
| {{nom}}
|-
|-style="border-top:2px solid gray;"
| rowspan="2"|[[Vancouver Film Critics Circle]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-01-31 |title=2nd Annual Award Winners |url=https://vancouverfilmcritics.com/2002/01/31/2nd-annual-award-winners/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=Vancouver Film Critics Circle |language=en}}</ref>
| [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Tom Wilkinson
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Sissy Spacek
| {{won}}
|-
|}

==Home media==
The film was released on DVD in 2002 in a bare-bones edition containing no extras or director's commentary. When Field was asked by the ''[[New York Times]]'' why this was the case, he said, "Once a film is made available to the public, the right of interpretation belongs to the viewer. Unless it's something historical—like ''Citizen Kane'' or ''[[Raging Bull]]''—it seems really silly to have that kind of thing."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/09/movies/home-video-in-the-bedroom-without-frills.html|title=HOME VIDEO; 'In the Bedroom' Without Frills|last=Nichols|first=Peter M.|date=August 9, 2002|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=27 February 2020}}</ref>

==Film archives==
A 35mm [[Safety film|safety print]] is housed in the permanent collection of the [[UCLA Film & Television Archive]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=In the Bedroom |url=https://search.library.ucla.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?&context=L&vid=01UCS_LAL:UCLA&search_scope=FTVA&tab=FTVA_slot&docid=alma991776773506533 |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=[[UCLA Library]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Popular culture==
During season four (episode eight, "[[Mergers and Acquisitions (The Sopranos)|Mergers and Acquisitions]]") of ''[[The Sopranos]]'', Tony shows Carmela the new media center he has installed in the pool house, and she replies that she will pick up ''In the Bedroom'' for them to watch.<ref>[[David Chase|Chase, David]]; [[Robin Green|Green, Robin]]; [[Mitchell Burgess|Burgess, Mitchell]]; [[Terence Winter|Winter, Terence]]; [[Lawrence Konner|Konner, Lawrence]] (writers); [[Dan Attias|Attias, Dan]] (director). "Mergers and Acquisitions". November 3, 2002. ''[[The Sopranos]]''. Season 4. Episode 8. HBO.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0247425}}
* {{mojo title|inthebedroom}}
* {{Rotten-tomatoes|in_the_bedroom}}
* {{Metacritic film}}

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