Spider
– A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the ..
A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.
13 Nov 2002
English
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
David Cronenberg
Patrick McGrath (novel), Patrick McGrath
Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, Lynn Redgrave
Dennis Clegg is in his thirties and lives in a halfway house for the mentally ill in London. Dennis, nicknamed "Spider" by his mother has been institutionalized with acute schizophrenia for some 20 years. He has never truly recovered, however, and as the story progresses we vicariously experience his increasingly fragile grip on reality.
13 wins & 24 nominations.
$1,278,369
Sony Pictures Classics