Twisted (2004)
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Reviews Counted:131
Fresh:2
Rotten:129
Average Rating:2.9/10
Consensus: An implausible, overheated potboiler that squanders a stellar cast, Twisted is a clichéd, risible whodunit.
Theatrical Release:09-07-2004
Synopsis: Against the moody, fog-laden backdrop of the San Francisco waterfront, police detective Jessica Shephard (Ashley Judd) becomes embroiled in a darkly personal hunt for a serial killer in this... [More]
Starring: Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia, David Strathairn
Director: Philip Kaufman
Reviews for Twisted
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Sarah Thorpe’s screenplay is a compendium of by-the-book clichés; Kaufman’s direction leaves the material stranded in a limbo between po-faced and trashy; Judd’s approximation of drunkenness is worrying to behold. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Remember kids, alcohol is bad, mmm-kay? Full Review |
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2/5 |
The movie may dole out a few guilty pleasures, but you won’t believe a word of it. Full Review |
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2/5 |
The only surprise in this supposedly tricky thriller is that the script attracted this cast and director. Full Review |
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At least the performances are solid. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia and David Strathairn all are wasted. Full Review |
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This thriller seems most interested in lingering over battered and bloodied male faces. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
Overcooked dialogue, some wildly implausible story devices, and a dearth of remotely likable characters, and Twisted is a crime story that just doesn't pay. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
Twisted is so bad I'm embarrassed to have seen it and therefore am a bit ashamed to write even an unkind review. Full Review |
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C- |
Just like nearly all of Judd's past entries in the genre, this film isn't great, it's just average. Full Review |
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The plot turns are increasingly preposterous, as are the metaphors. Full Review |
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D |
Judd, Jackson and Garcia's work is pedestrian at best. But they did accept this script. Full Review |
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5/10 |
I didn’t go to sleep and only looked at my watch a couple of times, so I guess it wasn’t terrible. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Una de esas película que sin el cast que tiene pasaría sin pena ni gloria al olvido. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Sou contra a pena de morte, mas teria o maior prazer em ajudar a prender a protagonista deste filme na cadeira elétrica e dar o comando 'Roll on two!'. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Click to read the article Full Review |
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D- |
Twisted dies at almost the very moment it begins. Full Review |
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1/5 |
It is sad to see an actress as talented as Ashley Judd repeatedly appearing in these women-in-distress movies. Full Review |
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D- |
"Twisted" is a train wreck, with Ashley Judd stuck in the caboose. Full Review |
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1/5 |
A horrible waste of talent, time and money and has the potential to be one of the worst films 2004 has to offer. Full Review |
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