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Domestic Disturbance (2001)

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Reviews Counted:97

Fresh:23

Rotten:74

Average Rating:4/10

Consensus: Well-made but extremely predictable, Domestic Disturbance is an average thriller that may work better on TV.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for violence, brief sexuality and language

Runtime: 89 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Nov 2, 2001 Wide

Box Office: $44,379,332

Synopsis: John Travolta is a simple guy named Frank, a recovering alcoholic struggling to maintain the family shipbuilding business his great grandfather started. Now that his ex-wife Susan (Teri Polo)... John Travolta is a simple guy named Frank, a recovering alcoholic struggling to maintain the family shipbuilding business his great grandfather started. Now that his ex-wife Susan (Teri Polo) divorced him, his son Danny (Matt O'Leary) is constantly at the police station for one problem or another. So when Susan marries charming Rick (Vince Vaughn), Frank thinks he will provide the financial stability that Danny needs to clean up his act. Then, a mysterious Ray (Steve Buscemi) rolls into town and claims to be an old friend of Rick's. But Rick tells a different story, making Frank wary of them both. When Ray suddenly disappears, Danny claims that he witnessed Rick murder him. Susan thinks it's just another one of Danny's lies, but Frank isn't so sure. He investigates Rick's background and finds that Rick isn't at all what he appears to be. Director Harold Becker (SEA OF LOVE) delivers thrills and melodrama and the film is like a dreaming dog--quietly still, punctured by jolts of movement. Vaughn is subtly menacing and Travolta is as affable as a retriever, but it's Buscemi who really lights up the screen with a sleazy wariness that is hilarious. [More]

Starring: John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Teri Polo, Steve Buscemi

Starring: John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Teri Polo, Steve Buscemi, Matthew O'Leary

Director: Harold Becker

Director: Harold Becker
Screenwriter: Lewis Colick
Producer: Donald DeLine, Jonathan Krane
Composer: Mark Mancina
Studio: Paramount Pictures

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Full Review Source: Modamag.com | comment Comment
11/12/01
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
Modamag.com

The trailer tells the whole story and the movie telegraphs its punches.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
11/12/01
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
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11/11/01
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11/09/01
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11/07/01
Barbara Ellen
Barbara Ellen
Times [UK]

It's dire, unimaginative silliness.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
11/06/01
Michael Atkinson
Michael Atkinson
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Full Review Source: Houston Community Newspapers | comment Comment
11/06/01
Gary Brown
Gary Brown
Houston Community Newspapers

There's very little about this cookie-cutter melodrama to dispel the impression that it is a high-concept TV-movie that somehow got misrouted and wound up on the big screen by mistake.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
11/05/01
Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
San Francisco Examiner

This is one of the funniest unintentionally funny movies you'll see this year.

Full Review Source: MovieJuice! | comment Comment
11/05/01
Mark Ramsey
Mark Ramsey
MovieJuice!

Movies like Domestic Disturbance leave me dispirited. There's nothing likable, exciting, or intriguing about them.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
11/04/01
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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It's likely there's going to be some 'viewer disturbance' going on after audiences catch a whiff of this routine and thrill-less suspenser.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
11/04/01
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Good acting, sharp photography, scary story--but wholly predictable.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
11/03/01
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve
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11/03/01
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It's big and dumb, all right -- the sort of thing you'd like to shoot with an elephant gun to put out of its misery.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
11/03/01
Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
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Despite some genuinely well-handled tension, this film joins a long list of failed – and frustrating – thrillers.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
11/03/01
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

A serviceably entertaining, if formulaic, thriller.

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11/02/01
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

Does a masterful job of building menace until about halfway through.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
11/02/01
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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The most surprising thing about the movie is that somebody bothered to make it.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
11/02/01
Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
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With domestic disturbances, someone calls the cops. With this DOA, someone had better call the coroner.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
11/02/01
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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There are thrills and shocks to be had here.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
11/02/01
Mick LaSalle
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