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A History of Violence (2005)

Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Oct 07, 2005

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW

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Details Release Date: Sep 30, 2005; Limited Release: Sep 23, 2005; Length: 97 Minutes; Genres: Drama, Thriller; With: Maria Bello and Viggo Mortensen

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David Cronenberg's brilliant movie — one of the year's very best — is a cataclysm of awful (and sometimes funny) consequence that unfolds with insidious intimacy to expose the ugly underbelly of one small-town hero.

Originally posted Oct 07, 2005 Published in issue #844-845 Oct 14, 2005 Order article reprints

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