Nick NolteAffliction

"Affliction" portrays the nuanced small moments and the glaringly obvious stabs of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, in excruciating clarity. The devolution of Nick Nolte's character, Wade, as the son of a verbally and physically abusive father (James Coburn) is rigidly en point.We are first aghast, to see Wade disappoint his young daughter — and find himself disappointed in his actions. From that point, there is the continuing spiraling downward into drink, upset, and chaos, as Wade loses control over perceptions of his closest friends, his coworkers, his boss, his lover, and possibly even his family members. He's uncertain whom he's become, as his anger and sadness heightens.Throughout the film, the audience is given clues, as to the truth of the matters — yet we remain substantially unclear as to whether Wade's version of events is correct. Only the brother's voiceover leads the viewer to some sense of true events.In the end, the sad truth is that Wade has been more burdened than the audience may have suspected. This truth cost him more than he could bear.And that is, far too often, the truth of PTSD, without aid to resolution.

Any movie that has Willem Dafoe, Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, and James Coburn is automatically 4 stars. Sissy is always so perfect as the girl next door, which she kind of is - I live in Central Texas and she's from somewhere around Central Texas - and Nick Nolte gave a great performance, and James Coburn won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. This was good. I like movies with a lot of snow, it gets so hot where I live and watching an hour and a half movie filmed in the snow was so refreshing! The temp here has already reached 90 and it's just the beginning of May. Anyway, this movie may not be for everyones taste but I am a big fan of British mysteries with relatively little action but lots of conversation and character development that moves the plot along. This movie is like that. Not too much action, lots of conversation, and watching the characters tell the story.

We'll acted, it's just not a very good story.

Parental abuse. I don't normally use this word...POWERFUL. this movie is not touchy feeling, happy ending.But completely exposes the subject of abuse, and how it affects for our lives.It does not.get the credit it deserves.

This is one of Nolte's better early roles. A small town sheriff with an all-too-familiar troubled early childhood, a toothache and too many problems as an adult, it becomes too much for him. It's a good story although predictable.I had seen part of this movie on late night television. I waited for a rebroadcast to catch all of it but could not so bought it. It was worth the money for an hour and a half entertainment.As usual I had no trouble with the purchase, delivery or condition of the product. So far, so good Amazon and affiliates.Thanks.

Nolte excels at difficult roles like Henry Fonda did and in this one he plays a beleaguered father, husband, lover, lawman, and son whose early childhood was ruinated by an alcoholic father. Having lived through this; the only thing that saved me was God and a Grandmother who sacrificed her whole life to give me a home and a saner and safer environment for shelter. It is an all too common drama and I think a lot of it has to do with the ravages of War. I am sure "Wades" father was a vet, and so was Wade,a Nam Vet who endured the hardness of life overseas and at home until he exploded! Don't watch this if you have unresolved issues depicted- in this film ~ you might Relapse and go back to bar drinking to escape the pain!

A story of a drunk, abusive father and drunk son.

It’s great thank you