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5.5 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 4 out of 14

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  1. Jack
    May 10, 2003
    5
    A few good intense scenes but entirely predictable and dumb.
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  2. RobertB.
    Oct 8, 2001
    6
    Decent, but not without its flaws. I think the 34 avg. is maybe a little unfair and will likely discourage people from seeing it, even though it really isn't all THAT bad. The ending is pretty thin though.
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  3. Richard
    Sep 16, 2002
    3
    Unpleasant waste of time and talent, especially Brittany Murphy who deserves much better.
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  4. PatC.
    Jan 14, 2004
    2
    Totally forgettable.
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  5. DanaY.
    Dec 14, 2001
    9
    I loved this movie. I was sitting at the edge my seat. I thought that the plot was well written. It also had a very good story line.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  6. KayliE.
    Jul 20, 2002
    5
    This movie was watchable, but I kept having a feeling that I had seen it before. It later occurred to me that I was thinking about the movie "Ransom," which shares the same "frantic rich parents with missing kid taken by the bad guys" plot. I think that the best acting in the movie was done by the little girl and the hairy dude.
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  7. CarlosD.
    Dec 26, 2001
    9
    Famke Janssen is HOT.
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  8. raVen
    Nov 12, 2003
    5
    (5.5) I kept wanting the movie to use all the interesting looking pieces and parts it was given at the beginning, but it never did. Instead it just sat there fingering them, and playing with its hair. ...Don't let it sour you to Michael Douglas though, he's got some great stuff.
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  9. Fortinbras
    Nov 20, 2010
    3
    I was really expecting a thriller having to do with Brittany Murphy being insane, but it just becomes an old man solving being a hero. Not in the Sean Connery or Harrison Ford kind of way either.
  10. moviegrabbag
    Mar 2, 2012
    5
    The acting is good buy everybody involved but overall the movie is is just average. The story is just like every other thriller and goes through all the same steps like every other thriller. The movie is rated R but really didn't need to be so you wont be missing anything if you just catch this on TV.
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Metascore
38 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 32 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 32
  3. Negative: 14 out of 32
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    67
    If there's such a thing as joyless competence, it's exemplified by the grimly sensational kidnap thriller Don't Say a Word.
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  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    70
    Generates tension from the get-go, albeit of an increasingly unpleasant variety, on its way to a disappointingly generic climax.
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  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    38
    Don't say you weren't warned. There are instant clues that this ill-timed Michael Douglas vehicle is a dually unfortunate viewing experience.
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