Derailed (2005) Critic Reviews

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

Jennifer Aniston brings a needed liveliness to Derailed, though not enough to go around.Read the full review

This murky psychological suspenser manages the tricky feat of being as predictable as it is finally preposterous.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

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

This flaccid psychological thriller keeps spoiling its own surprise by constantly signaling the big plot twist.Read the full review

Clumsy, miscast thriller.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