Abandon would be almost forgivable as the stupidest movie of the year if it weren't the most boring as well.
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10/17/02
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Abandon (2002)
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Reviews Counted:108
Fresh:18
Rotten:90
Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: The plotline for Abandon is too disjointed and muddled to offer much in the way of thrills.
Theatrical Release:Oct 18, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $10,684,049
Synopsis: Oscar-winning screenwriter Stephen Gaghan (TRAFFIC) makes his directorial debut with ABANDON, a dense, moody psychological thriller. Loosely based on the book ADAM'S FALL by Sean Desmond, ABANDON... [More]
Starring: Katie Holmes, Charlie Hunnam, Benjamin Bratt, Zooey Deschanel
Director: Stephen Gaghan, Edward Zwick
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Reviews for Abandon
Gaghan would rather make you think than jump. You might prefer to do both, but idea-driven thrillers are in short supply, and the troubled Katie earns the right to haunt your mind.
10/17/02
Top CriticA competently made, mildly diverting collegiate thriller.
10/17/02
... an otherwise intense, twist-and-turn thriller that certainly shouldn’t hurt talented young Gaghan’s resume.
10/17/02
A bit of an unwieldy mess.
10/17/02
Once all the pieces are in place, the director's choices make a certain kind of sense -- but not enough so to make the movie seem any better in retrospect.
10/17/02
The second act dissolves into conventional psychological pabulum.
10/16/02
...a surprisingly huge disappointment from [Stephen] Gaghan considering his Oscar-winning screenplay for “Traffic”
10/16/02
A sleep-inducing thriller with a single twist that everyone except the characters in it can see coming a mile away.
10/16/02
One would think that the adapter of "Traffic" would know that swilling vodka shots...would be unlikely to produce a psychedelically 'connected' state
10/16/02
In burying elements of behavioral psychology below a dozen different shades of blue, Gaghan draws attention away from the fact that there's a trick pony at play here.
10/15/02
Not terribly original but a well-made psychological thriller with fine performances.
10/15/02
Whether Gaghan is striving for abusive psychological test of torture or plodding teen drama, he ends up with both.
10/15/02
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