The way Domestic Disturbance plays now, it's as if its first half-hour is missing.
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11/02/01
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.
Runtime: 89 mins
Genre: Dramas
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)... [More]
Starring: John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Teri Polo, Steve Buscemi
Director: Harold Becker
Reviews for Domestic Disturbance
A refreshingly unpretentious little thriller.
11/02/01
Domestic Disturbance is essentially a B-movie chiller with A-list casting, and that works against it.
11/02/01
The movie slogan is, 'He will do anything to protect his family.' And yet -- except for the hand-to-hand combat at the end -- Travolta is not hugely proactive, spending most of the time wrestling with whether or not he believes Danny.
11/02/01
Since it purports to be a thriller, well, let's just say the edge of your seat doesn't exactly get a workout.
11/02/01
About as tense as a game of connect-the-dots.
11/02/01
Top CriticThe physical details are so unlikely they seem contrived even in a thriller.
11/02/01
Top CriticWhile there's nothing groundbreaking about this old-school family suspenser, director Harold Becker (City Hall) works a series of can't-miss elements with sufficient skill to make it succeed on its own humble terms.
11/02/01
Replacing suspense with formula, Domestic Disturbance doesn't make nearly the ripple it could have made.
11/02/01
What you see is what you get, and what you get is a well-acted, exciting suspense thriller that ties the knot -- er, noose, slowly until its choke-hold climax.
11/02/01
Call it what you will, but just avoid calling it out loud while standing at your local theater box office.
11/02/01
A small and fuzzy blip in an already very bad film year, as nondescript and uninvolving as its title.
11/02/01
A simple, serviceable, reasonably entertaining thriller, and nothing more.
11/02/01
Solid haircut, solid movie -- or so goes my exclusive Travolta Unified Cinematic Hair Theory ... My theory stands.
11/02/01
The acting is surprising good and the feeling is you’re gonna get your money’s worth. That feeling doesn’t last long. The film simply runs out of ideas and comes to a cliche-ridden screeching halt.
11/02/01
It's an okay time for anyone looking for...well, an 'okay time'.
11/02/01
Travolta rises above the material by being believable and sincere, proving he still can command a scene.
11/02/01
Goes through the motions, slowly at first, and then with a speed that would seem remarkable if you cared a whit what was going on.
11/02/01
Since we know from the outset that Rick is a cold-blooded murderer and Frank would walk through fire for his boy, there's not much suspense as to how things will turn out.
11/02/01
It's all indifferently acted, sloppily directed and edited, and utterly ridiculous.
11/02/01
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