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".
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 theat,er" and that it's "always going to be there". He also called In the Bedroom a "masterpiece".