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Deja Vu (2006)

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Reviews Counted:152

Fresh:86

Rotten:66

Average Rating:5.9/10

Consensus: Tony Scott tries to combine action, science fiction, romance, and explosions into one movie, but the time travel conceit might be too preposterous and the action falls apart under scrutiny.

Rated: 12A [See Full Rating] for intense sequences of violence and terror, disturbing images and some sensuality.

Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:15-12-2006

Synopsis: After the success of 2004's MAN ON FIRE, director Tony Scott and Denzel Washington teamed up once again--this time alongside high-powered producer Jerry Bruckheimer--to deliver this big-budget... After the success of 2004's MAN ON FIRE, director Tony Scott and Denzel Washington teamed up once again--this time alongside high-powered producer Jerry Bruckheimer--to deliver this big-budget spectacle of an action picture set in post-Katrina New Orleans. The city is delivered another crushing blow when a ferry explodes, killing over 500 innocent citizens. Only this time, nature wasn't the cause of the tragedy. Enter ATF officer Doug Carlin (Washington), who is recruited by a newly formed FBI unit (headed by Val Kilmer) to help track down the killer (a Timothy McVeigh-esque Jim Caviezel). When a body is found floating in the river, it is determined that the victim was murdered before the ferry blast occurred. Unfortunately, the victim was the impossibly beautiful Claire Kuchever (Paula Patton), whose death has begun to torment Carlin. Adding a new level to the investigation is a top-secret FBI invention, which allows a select group to view the past on screen as if it had been videotaped days earlier. The more Carlin sees of Kuchever, the more connected to her he becomes, until he decides to risk his life by traveling back in time and altering the course of history. Plausibility isn't the number one reason to watch a Jerry Bruckheimer movie, and DÉJÀ VU is certainly no exception. This time around, however, Bruckheimer wisely recruited Scott and Washington to bring their expertise to the project. The result is another stylish and atmospheric drama/thriller/romance/action-adventure hybrid, which raises interesting questions as it entertains. [More]

Starring: Denzel Washington, Jim Caviezel, Adam Goldberg, Bruce Greenwood

Starring: Denzel Washington, Jim Caviezel, Adam Goldberg, Bruce Greenwood, Val Kilmer, Paula Patton, Eldon Henson, Erika Alexander, Paul Cameron

Director: Tony Scott

Director: Tony Scott
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
Screenwriter: Bill Marsilii, Terry Rossio
Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams
Studio: Touchstone Pictures

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Washington and Scott manage to make Deja Vu perfectly watchable, no matter how many times we've seen this before.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
11/22/06
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

Deja Vu starts out a lot like an expensive-looking episode of CSI before morphing into a solidly entertaining time-traveling romance.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
11/22/06
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post

Ed Wood, notorious as the worst film director in history, could have made the $80 million Jerry Bruckheimer time-travel thriller Déjà Vu for about $99.95 and it would have been just as believable.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
11/22/06
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News

Déjá Vu is an exceptionally average action thriller that has too little of both.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
11/22/06
Paul Doro
Paul Doro
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The usually enjoyable time-travel paradoxes about how changing the past would affect the present coming off as more annoying intrusions than anything else.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
11/22/06
Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
Miami Herald

This headache-inducing Back to the Future /CSI hybrid will have you wanting to travel back in time to buy a ticket for another movie.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
11/22/06
Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News

Deja Vu gets mighty close to goofy from time to time, but Washington pulls it all back together -- sometimes, it seems, just by being there.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
11/22/06
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

Definition of redundant: A formulaic Hollywood pic that calls itself Déjà Vu.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
11/22/06
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail

A quirk-filled, paranoid, blood-and-sweat thriller that offers perfect pulse-racing escape for a holiday weekend.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
11/22/06
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News

DéjÀ Vu is so cleverly thought out and is conceived, directed and acted that the leaps in both logic and scientific theory are more fun to make than they are to ponder.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
11/22/06
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press

An often-engaging if not especially believable thriller.

Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
11/22/06
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News

Deja Vu takes you on a wonderfully twisting and turning journey that often will leave you wondering and perhaps confused -- but ultimately leaves you with a satisfying and totally logical explanation when the credits role.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
11/22/06
Bill Zwecker
Bill Zwecker
Chicago Sun-Times
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Usually a Scott-Bruckheimer production sends you home wanting a shower. But here they've caught the movie's unstoppable bayou spirit and send you home on a high.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
11/22/06
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe

If you stop thinking and just go with the flow, there's some talented actors who are doing their best to distract you from the hokum.

Full Review Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette | comment Comment
11/22/06
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Grinds its gears while slipping from one genre to the other, but I bet you'll be pretty intrigued to see how it all turns out.

Full Review Source: Cinematical | comment Comment
11/22/06
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
Cinematical

When all else fails, Scott and producer Jerry Bruckheimer pile on the car crashes and explosions - and you definitely have experienced those before.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
11/22/06
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

Tony Scott's new film isn't as concerned with playing around or cooking up new innovations as it is in finding a new way to sell the same old chase story.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
11/22/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Simply put, Déjà Vu has too much explaining to do, and even then, the ending -- which I can't discuss -- feels like a cheat.

Full Review Source: San Antonio Express-News | comment Comment
11/22/06
Larry Ratliff
Larry Ratliff
San Antonio Express-News

...consistently entertaining and surprisingly intelligent...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
11/22/06
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

If you can surrender to the film's crazy convictions, it's a popcorn-munching wild ride worth taking.

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
11/22/06
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews
 
 
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