Don't Say A Word 2001

Critics score:
24 / 100

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Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News: Don't Say a Word is a Michael Douglas movie that never stops feeling like a Michael Douglas movie, even when it ought to stop feeling like one. Read more

Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: Don't Say a Word is a potboiler, but one that comes with all the trimmings. Read more

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Until it collapses into a pile of contrivances, Don't Say a Word makes for a serviceable, workmanlike thriller. Read more

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Don't Say a Word has almost nothing new to offer. Read more

Ebert & Roeper: Read more

Susan Stark, Detroit News: Read more

Jane Sumner, Dallas Morning News: The technical credits are good, but its producers should have trusted the audience more and messed less with the book. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: A confused and confusing enterprise. Read more

Kevin Maynard, Mr. Showbiz: Nothing more than one more run-of- the-mill, surprise-free, suspense programmer. Read more

Jan Stuart, Newsday: Tight enough, preposterous enough and slick enough to keep bathroom traffic to a minimum. It is, in other words, the very definition of a good home rental. Read more

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: I kept wondering when Glenn Close would show up. And, by the end, I wished she would. Read more

David Edelstein, Slate: A big, noisy mess, with a howler at its center. Read more

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Familiar but stylishly done thriller. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Don't Say a Word is smart, stylish and, most important, satisfying. Read more

Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: Though it does insult us, ultimately, it's never less than riveting. Read more

Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: A well-crafted thriller that breaks no new ground but is an exciting diversion with plausible twists of logic and an exciting climax. Read more

Steven Rosen, Denver Post: Its story seems merely an excuse for its all-too- familiar recycling of suspense-movie ideas. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: The heart of the movie is dull. Read more

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: This is one of those many movies where there's nothing terribly wrong, and yet it still never feels even remotely right. Read more

Manohla Dargis, L.A. Weekly: Fleder can only fling the camera about and indulge in some familiar screen sadism ... as he tries to squeeze a few thrills from material as desiccated as his leading man. Read more

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James Berardinelli, ReelViews: In the place of consistent psychological tension, we are saddled with shoot-outs, chases, and fight scenes. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The movie as a whole looks and occasionally plays better than it is. Read more

Charles Taylor, Salon.com: A stupid, brutal and nonsensical picture. Read more

Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle: Maybe the less said about Don't Say a Word the better. Read more

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: It all gets back to that suspension of disbelief. Are you willing to make the leap? Read more

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Mike Clark, USA Today: The movie's narrative -- which covers 10 years and several initially unrelated characters -- is confusing at first, then just irritating. Read more

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: As an odyssey of paternal qualm, Fleder's forgettable thriller has a convincing edge, and Douglas remains unchallenged as Hollywood's most tremulous and disquieting dad-under-pressure. Read more