Derailed (2005) Critic Reviews
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Based upon 14 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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A tawdry, predictable hunk of movie headcheese, and I still had a pretty good time with it.Read the full review
Derailed has a great setup, a good middle passage and some convincing performances. Then it runs off the tracks.Read the full review
A junky thriller that mistakes brute-strength plot twist, showy violence, and the against-type participation of Jennifer Aniston for earned excitement.Read the full review
Derailed seems to want badly to be described as contemporary noir. But it's just pitch-dumb.Read the full review
Tedious and predictable, it employs obvious situations and clichés instead of genuine suspense-building elements.Read the full review
The strapping Owen as a guy who can't handle himself and cutie-pie Aniston as a witchy woman? I don't think so. Talk about derailed.Read the full review
Poor casting is compounded by a ludicrous script.Read the full review
This flaccid psychological thriller keeps spoiling its own surprise by constantly signaling the big plot twist.Read the full review
Riddled with holes and undeveloped characters, and marred by lurching rhythms that may reflect some triage editing, so it's hard to see what Mr. Hafstrom brings to this film other than a murky palette.Read the full review
Much of the second half is spent waiting for the other shoe to drop, though you don't have to have 20/20 vision in order to see the big twist coming from miles away. Once it arrives, the film officially disembarks from reality with an over-the-top climax and denouement that play shamelessly to the bloodthirsty masses.Read the full review
