A History of Violence

We watched this on "date night" last night. I knew it was going to be disturbing, so scheduled a walk through the neighborhood afterwards, to put some distance between the movie and sleep. But I still had a nightmare!
This movie was interesting and I liked the performances but it reminded me of "Crash" in that all of the contrasts were too extreme, to the point where you know what will happen because it has to be the polar opposite of what you are about to see. I still love Viggo but I wasn't convinced that he had ever been such a bad guy--the transition wasn't real. I did like the vision of small town life, though it's crazy to think that someone as emaciated and well-dressed as Maria Bello's character would live in a farm house in the midwest, even if she is a lawyer. But that's hollywood.