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Movie Review for Don't Say A Word
Movie Review for
Don't Say A Word
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43 Reviews total.
Release date: 9/28/2001
Run length: 112 mins.
Categories:
Action/Adventure
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Thriller
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Adaptation
Summary:
Preeminent New York psychiatrist Dr. Nathan Conrad has a successful practice, a beautiful wife and a charming daughter. Making his way home for the Thanksgiving holiday, Conrad is summoned by a colleague to examine a young woman. Elisabeth Burrows presents a history of unexplained violence, failed treatments and misdiagnoses. In short, the kind of case Nathan used to live for before he went 'uptown.' Now he is Elisabeth's last chance before she is shipped off to a state institution. Nathan's skills and intuition begin to make headway into Elisabeth's case. Little does Nathan suspect that Elisabeth is tied to a danger that has closed in on him and his family. Nathan's daughter has been kidnapped by ruthless thieves, and to save her he must somehow unlock a 6-digit number locked away in Elisabeth's troubled mind. With his daughter's captors watching his every move, Nathan is constantly reminded: if he wants to see his daughter alive, he dare not say a single word.
Reviews of Don't Say A Word
By
Carlo Cavagna
of AboutFilm.com (7/0)
Eh
By
Mike McGranaghan
of Aisle Seat (7/0)
Just another generic suspense film destined to top the box office charts for one week before drop...
By
Brian Webster
of Apollo Guide (7/0)
Little more than wasted potential – a would-be thriller that could have been great fun, but inste...
By
Alex Ramirez
of Cinenganos (7/0)
una opción disfrutable y válida...
By
John J. Puccio
of DVDTown.com (7/0)
As the film moves along, the action becomes more exaggerated, more coincidental, and more absurd,...
By
Andrew Howe
of eFilmCritic.com (7/0)
Features inexplicable actions, dubious coincidences, and characters you’d happily murder yourself...
Reviews of Don't Say A Word
By
Scott Weinberg
of eFilmCritic.com (7/0)
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Gary Fleder’s Don’t Say a Word is one of the...
By
Eric D. Snider
of EricDSnider.com (7/0)
It's not interesting enough to watch, and not dull enough to walk out of. It prompts a mild state...
By
Eugene Novikov
of Film Blather (6/1)
Plodding and lacking in logic.
By
Doris Toumarkine
of Film Journal International (7/0)
Heaps of implausibilities inhabit the ridiculously twisty plot, and questions abound.
By
Steve Rhodes
of Internet Reviews (6/1)
[It] keeps you on your toes and ready to be frightened, even if things rarely do go 'Boo!' It is ...
By
Kevin Thomas
of Los Angeles Times (7/0)
Don't Say a Word is smart, stylish and, most important, satisfying.
Reviews of Don't Say A Word
By
Michael Dequina
of Mr. Brown's Movies (7/0)
If only this workmanlike thriller were as much fun as mimicking Brittany Murphy's singsong delive...
By
A. O. Scott
of New York Times (7/0)
A confused and confusing enterprise.
By
Frank Swietek
of One Guy's Opinion (7/0)
You're more likely to laugh Gary Fleder's woebegone excuse for a
thriller off the screen than to...
By
Roger Moore
of Orlando Sentinel (4/3)
An efficient, workmanlike thriller that hits many of the right buttons and finds surprises in the...
By
Jon Popick
of Planet Sick-Boy (6/1)
A predictable, by-the-numbers action flick with a little psychobabble thrown in to the mix.
By
Tor Thorsen
of Reel.com (7/0)
Offers the slick-looking, non-demanding suspense that A Hollywood Thriller© promises.
Reviews of Don't Say A Word
By
Laura Clifford
of Reeling Reviews (6/1)
The old adage holds true - if you can't say something nice, "Don't Say a
Word."
By
Charles Taylor
of Salon.com (7/0)
A stupid, brutal and nonsensical picture.
By
William Arnold
of Seattle Post-Intelligencer (7/0)
After Things To Do in Denver When You're Dead, Kiss the Girls and now Don't Say a Word, I am offi...
By
Rob Blackwelder
of SPLICEDWire (7/0)
Fleder attempts...to puff this picture up with quasi-intellectual hot air. But the truth is, Don'...
By
Tony Toscano
of Talking Pictures (U.S.) (6/1)
Never reaches any level of competence required of a thriller.
By
Dustin Putman
of TheMovieBoy.com (7/0)
A melodramatic potboiler that stretches the boundaries of believability far more than any one mov...
Reviews of Don't Say A Word
By
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
of UK Critic (7/0)
Dull and drab, with a lack of imagination
By
Michael Wilmington
of Chicago Tribune (3/4) No reference
Don't Say a Word has almost nothing new to offer.
By
Pablo Villaca
of Cinema em Cena (3/4) No reference
O roteiro contém vários buracos colossais que tornam a trama ofensivamente inverossímil.
By
Steven Rosen
of Denver Post (3/4) No reference
Its story seems merely an excuse for its all-too- familiar recycling of suspense-movie ideas.
By
Jeff Vice
of Deseret News, Salt Lake City (6/1) No reference
The biggest mystery about Don't Say a Word is how a cast this talented managed to find itself in ...
By
Dave White
of IFilm (3/4) No reference
You'd think that MD's hammy acting would make this illogical movie at least fun to watch; but it'...
Reviews of Don't Say A Word
By
James Sanford
of Kalamazoo Gazette (6/1) No reference
Michael Douglas has to use nearly every acting trick in his arsenal to distract us from a plot th...
By
David Kronke
of Los Angeles Daily News (3/4) No reference
Not a bad film, just a fairly uninspired one at a time when we could all use a little more inspir...
By
Michael Elliott
of Movie Parables (3/4) No reference
This timeworn recipe (for a thriller) still works although the finished product now resembles fas...
By
Jan Stuart
of Newsday (3/4) No reference
Tight enough, preposterous enough and slick enough to keep bathroom traffic to a minimum. It is, ...
By
Gary Thompson
of Philadelphia Daily News (3/4) No reference
Competent but unremarkable.
By
Carrie Rickey
of Philadelphia Inquirer (3/4) No reference
Enjoyable escapism.
Reviews of Don't Say A Word
By
Joe Leydon
of San Francisco Examiner (3/4) No reference
Don't Say a Word may not be entirely logical, but it is shamelessly entertaining.
By
Jim Judy
of Screen It! (3/4) No reference
Notwithstanding the lame finale, the film isn't completely painful to watch and does have some de...
By
Moira MacDonald
of Seattle Times (3/4) No reference
I kept wondering when Glenn Close would show up. And, by the end, I wished she would.
By
Tom Sander
of South Florida Sun-Sentinel (3/4) No reference
Filled with plot holes and lacks the special oomph needed to elevate it beyond its B-movie status...
By
Desson Thomson
of Washington Post (3/4) No reference
Every bit as predictable, shopworn and unappetizing as its premise suggests.
By
Rene Rodriguez
of Miami Herald (6/1) Not Reachable
Until it collapses into a pile of contrivances, Don't Say a Word makes for a serviceable, workman...
Reviews of Don't Say A Word
By
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
of St. Paul Pioneer Press (3/4) Not Reachable
Whenever I watch one of these crime stories, I find myself musing about whether it's as intellige...
Movie Distributors Production Companies
Kopelson Entertainment Movie Studios
(USA): Regency Enterprises
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