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Generally favorable reviews- based on 60 Ratings

  • Starring: Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston, Vincent Cassel
  • Summary: Charles Schine (Owen) and Lucinda Harris (Aniston) have noticed each other on the commuter train before. One morning their conversation leads to a flirtation which turns into an evening drink and then, before either one can stop it, a passionate one-night stand. But suddenly a stranger explodes into their world, threatening to expose their secret and lures them into a terrifying game with more surprises then they saw coming and more danger then they may survive. (The Weinstein Company) Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 34
  2. Negative: 10 out of 34
  1. It's fast, slick, stupid, violent fun and, despite the cynically high body count, without serious intention in this world.
  2. 50
    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.
  3. This flaccid psychological thriller keeps spoiling its own surprise by constantly signaling the big plot twist.
  4. Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    38
    Clumsy, miscast thriller.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 31
  2. Negative: 1 out of 31
  1. DiegoF.
    10
    One of the best movies I have seen in the past 2 years! 2005 and 2006 have only put trash on the big screen. This is a very good movie with lots of suspense, at least 2 changing points in its development and not at all predictable untill the last 20'. Highly recommendable Expand
  2. BarbaraD.
    8
    We really enjoyed this movie. It has so many twists and turns, held our interest completely. And we were totally surprised as it approached the ending. Highly recommend it. Expand
  3. AbbyL
    7
    I was fortunate enough to read the book Derailed before I saw the movie. The twist was very very enthralling, but I will give an ample warning to all READ THE BOOK, it is oh so better and very very in detail. Expand
  4. ChadS.
    4
    We know more or less where "Derailed" is going when Charles(Clive Owen) and Lucinda(Jennifer Aniston) meet; the last time a movie of this sort truly fooled me was David Mamet's "The Spanish Prisoner", but that's okay if fun is the en route to inevitability. "Derailed" is so miscasted, you're led to believe that this was a deliberate exercise in casting against type. Melissa George, who plays Charles' wife, is way hotter than Aniston. I guess a woman loses her erotic allure when you see her stab your daughter's arm with a shot of insulin. When Phillipe(Vincent Cassel) arrives on the scene, you just hope there's no hokey switch in allegiances to subvert what's painfully obvious to everybody sitting in the audience. "Derailed" is a failure because Aniston's character is neither sexy, or cute enough to "derail" a man. Expand

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