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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.

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)... 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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A slick, rerouted TV movie at best.

Full Review Source: San Jose Mercury News | comment Comment
11/01/01
Glenn Lovell
Glenn Lovell
San Jose Mercury News

There are some nifty Hitchcock-style opening credits, but after that, it's downhill.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
11/01/01
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer

Domestic Disturbance will be of interest only to lip readers, able to determine how many nasty F words have been to changed to 'freak' and 'fool.'

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Daily News | comment Comment
11/01/01
Gary Thompson
Gary Thompson
Philadelphia Daily News

A sterile, hollow thriller bereft of any emotion -- the cinematic equivalent of a math problem, which doesn't make it any less contemptible.

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11/01/01
Robert Wilonsky
Robert Wilonsky
New Times

Seems to have gone through an extensive editing process on its way to the big screen.

Full Review Source: Eclipse Magazine | comment Comment
11/01/01
Sean O'Connell
Sean O'Connell
Eclipse Magazine

If the premise of Domestic Disturbance interests you at all, you're better off renting 1987's The Stepfather ... That film was everything Domestic Disturbance is not: taut, suspenseful, unpredictable, and not the slightest bit condescending.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
11/01/01
Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
Miami Herald

When a disturbance is dramatized well, there's no place like home.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
11/01/01
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly

Thanks to that vapid script, it's about as scary, and believable, as a little boy yelling 'wolf.'

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
11/01/01
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune

A passable time-passer.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
11/01/01
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Would barely have made a decent Movie-of-the-Week twenty years ago...even the title is generic.

Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | comment Comment
11/01/01
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

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Full Review Source: www.susangranger.com | comment Comment
11/01/01
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
www.susangranger.com

A lackluster 'thriller.'

Full Review Source: Planet Sick-Boy | comment Comment
11/01/01
Jon Popick
Jon Popick
Planet Sick-Boy

Another simplistic thriller in the child-in-peril vein...

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
11/01/01
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

Domestic Disturbance features John Travolta's twinkly-eyed Phenomenon persona and Vince Vaughn and Teri Polo's shared "I might be a cunning polymer" persona.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
10/31/01
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

You might forget Disturbance ever existed, but it's a fun ride while it lasts.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
10/31/01
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

Cross 1949's "The Window" with 1987's "The Stepfather," plus a small dash of "Message in a Bottle" and you've got "Domestic Disturbance."

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
10/31/01
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

The end result is still probably good enough to satisfy audiences in need of a decent distraction on the home front.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
10/29/01
Michael Rechtshaffen
Michael Rechtshaffen
Hollywood Reporter
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