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Don't Say a Word

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Don't Say a Word (2001)

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Reviews Counted:29

Fresh:9

Rotten:20

Average Rating:4.5/10

Consensus: Don't Say A Word is slick and competently made, but the movie is routine and stretches believability with many eye rolling moments.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for violence, including some gruesome images, and language

Runtime: 2 hrs

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Sep 28, 2001 Wide

Box Office: $54,218,420

Synopsis: When psychiatrist Nathan Conrad discovers that his daughter has been kidnapped, the only way he can get her back is to pry critical information from the mind of a seriously disturbed teenager with... When psychiatrist Nathan Conrad discovers that his daughter has been kidnapped, the only way he can get her back is to pry critical information from the mind of a seriously disturbed teenager with a secret stuck deep in a blocked memory. The Conrads are the prototypical happy family: Nathan, a successful doctor (Michael Douglas); his loving wife, Aggie (Famke Janssen), who is bedridden with a broken leg suffered in a skiing accident; and eight-year-old Jessie (Skye McCole Bartusiak), an extemely intelligent and well-loved young girl. But late one night Jessie is abducted and used as collateral for a dangerous group of men who will stop at nothing to recover a stolen ten-million-dollar jewel. Gary Fleder (KISS THE GIRLS) has crafted an excellent thriller shot on the streets of New York City, getting help from a fine supporting cast, including Oliver Platt as one of Dr. Conrad's medical colleagues, Jennifer Esposito as a cop out to get to the bottom of a series of unexplained murders, and Sean Bean as a violent criminal who will kill anyone who gets in his way. But this is Douglas's movie, starring as a loving family man and dedicated doctor who has to compromise his ethics in order to save his daughter's life and free a teenager from a dangerous psychosis. [More]

Starring: Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy, Famke Janssen

Starring: Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy, Famke Janssen, Oliver Platt, Jennifer Esposito, Skye McCole Bartusiak

Director: Gary Fleder

Director: Gary Fleder
Screenwriter: Anthony Peckham, Patrick Smith Kelly
Producer: Arnon Milchan, Arnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson
Composer: Mark Isham, Graeme Revell
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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02/20/02
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In the place of consistent psychological tension, we are saddled with shoot-outs, chases, and fight scenes.

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10/04/01
James Berardinelli
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As an odyssey of paternal qualm, Fleder's forgettable thriller has a convincing edge, and Douglas remains unchallenged as Hollywood's most tremulous and disquieting dad-under-pressure.

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10/02/01
Michael Atkinson
Michael Atkinson
Village Voice
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A well-crafted thriller that breaks no new ground but is an exciting diversion with plausible twists of logic and an exciting climax.

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10/01/01
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
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It's a Hollywood movie, not a good movie.

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09/28/01
Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
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Every bit as predictable, shopworn and unappetizing as its premise suggests.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
09/28/01
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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It all gets back to that suspension of disbelief. Are you willing to make the leap?

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
09/28/01
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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Maybe the less said about Don't Say a Word the better.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
09/28/01
Bob Graham
Bob Graham
San Francisco Chronicle
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A stupid, brutal and nonsensical picture.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
09/28/01
Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor
Salon.com
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Tight enough, preposterous enough and slick enough to keep bathroom traffic to a minimum. It is, in other words, the very definition of a good home rental.

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09/28/01
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday
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With all the convolutions, this is still the kind of ho-hum movie that will allow you to catch up on your bill paying when you finally catch it on HBO.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
09/28/01
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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Don't Say a Word is smart, stylish and, most important, satisfying.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
09/28/01
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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This is one of those many movies where there's nothing terribly wrong, and yet it still never feels even remotely right.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
09/28/01
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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Don't Say a Word is a potboiler, but one that comes with all the trimmings.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
09/28/01
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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Its story seems merely an excuse for its all-too- familiar recycling of suspense-movie ideas.

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09/28/01
Steven Rosen
Steven Rosen
Denver Post
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The technical credits are good, but its producers should have trusted the audience more and messed less with the book.

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09/28/01
Jane Sumner
Jane Sumner
Dallas Morning News
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The movie as a whole looks and occasionally plays better than it is.

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09/28/01
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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The problem faced by Don't Say a Word is that it's hard to care about characters who make cardboard look complex and multifaceted.

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