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Trapped (2002)

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Average Rating: 4.1/10
Reviews Counted: 56
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 46

With its plot about child kidnapping and endangerment, Trapped is an exploitative thriller, more queasy than suspenseful.

17

Average Rating: 4/10
Critic Reviews: 12
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 10

With its plot about child kidnapping and endangerment, Trapped is an exploitative thriller, more queasy than suspenseful.

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Average Rating: 3.1/5
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A mother is caught in a race against time to save her child in this taut suspense thriller. Dr. Will Jennings (Stuart Townsend) and his wife, Karen (Charlize Theron), find their world has been turned upside down when they're taken hostage and held in different cities while their young daughter is kidnapped by the same band of ruthless criminals. Joe Hickey (Kevin Bacon) has hatched a seemingly foolproof plan with his wife, Cheryl (Courtney Love), and cousin, Marvin (Pruitt Taylor Vince): while

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Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense

Greg Iles, Don Roos

Dec 24, 2002

$6.9M

Columbia Pictures

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All Critics (72) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (46) | DVD (11)

Brisk hack job.

October 1, 2002 Full Review Source: Village Voice
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The movie is a negligible work of manipulation, an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents.

September 26, 2002 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly
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Indifferently implausible popcorn programmer of a movie.

September 23, 2002 Full Review Source: Toronto Star
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Not really bad so much as distasteful: We need kidnapping suspense dramas right now like we need doomsday thrillers.

September 23, 2002
Newsday
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True to its title, it traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at.

September 23, 2002 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times
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The manner in which this film flies completely off the rails is undoubtedly amusing, but its also disappointing, considering the fair competence of all that came before.

December 28, 2008 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com
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I don't mind admitting that the movie, for me, became about Courtney Love. That's the effect she has...

August 5, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
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... so many directions with so much silliness that a surprise no longer surprises.

September 20, 2004
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

Nada poderia preparar o público para o caos que toma conta da produção em seu ato final, que, aparentemente, foi escrito enquanto o roteirista encontrava-se bêbado.

July 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena
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It comes off as so silly that you wouldn't be surprised if BA, Murdock and rest of the A-Team were seen giving chase in a black and red van.

April 29, 2003 Full Review Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

I'm half-convinced it's a very poker-faced comedy. Then again, I may be giving the filmmakers way too much credit.

April 27, 2003 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
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Audience Reviews for Trapped

Well acted, well casted thriller about a kidnapping of a little girl that was carried out more creatively than most. The movie immediately draws you into it and you feel almost feel like you are in it. Bacon was fantastic as the bad guy coupled with a very good performance by Theron.
October 25, 2010
itsjustme2004

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Have seen this film more then once. Its a good film but one only needs to see it once/ A very young Dakota Fanning in this one. Kevin Bacon plays the ultimate psycho kidnapper. And Courtney Love is a take charge Bit*ch who knows how to kick As*. Plenty of suspense but only needs to be watched one time, it just loses valve to more it is watched. A good one to add to the collection in case someone comes over and hasn't seen it. 3 1/2 stars.
April 7, 2010
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