Domestic Disturbance Critic Reviews

Every signifier in this quintessentially American domestic thriller is in satisfying running order.Read the full review

A thriller that presses all the buttons: parental love, childhood terror, fear of Vince Vaughn.Read the full review

Doesn't make nearly the ripple it could have made.Read the full review

Although decked out with a legitimate star and handsome production carpentry, pic takes no greater interest in creating three-dimensional characters or fleshing out a credible storyline than does the run-of-the-mill straight-to-video thriller.Read the full review

Does a masterful job of building menace until about halfway through.Read the full review

Anyone who sees this movie is going to be 20 minutes ahead of it, though there won't be that many after Weekend 1. With domestic disturbances, someone calls the cops. With this DOA, someone had better call the coroner.Read the full review

The movie is a paid holiday for its director, Harold Becker. I say this because I know what Becker is capable of.Read the full review

Jettisoning any ambition toward thrillerhood, Domestic Disturbance becomes a plodding, obvious angry-dad melodrama, ambling toward the final, fatal showdown between parent and usurper.Read the full review

So TV-movie-of-the-week that you wonder throughout why you can't use a remote to find a decent ballgame.Read the full review