There are too many of these men in life, and not enough films that tell their sad tales. That gives Affliction a therapeutic worth.

| Apr 1, 2019

| Original Score: A | Sep 7, 2011

Full Review | Oct 2, 2002

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 18, 2002

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 19, 2002

Overwrought metaphors abound in Paul Schrader's ham-fisted Affliction.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 17, 2001

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Nick Nolte is a big, shambling, confident male presence in the movies, and it is startling to see his cocksure presence change into fear in Paul Schrader's Affliction.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 5.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: A | Jun 1, 1997