Deja Vu

Name: Deja Vu
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Romance
Released: November 22, 2006
Duration: 126 min
Rating: 59
Cast: Denzel Washington, James Caviezel, Paula Patton

2006

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Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: November 22, 2006

Starring: Denzel Washington, James Caviezel, Paula Patton

Summary: Everyone has experienced the unsettling mystery of deja vu, but what if the feelings were actually warnings sent from the past or clues to the future? It is deja vu that unexpectedly guides ATF agent Doug Carlin (Washington) through an investigation into a shattering crime. Called in to recover evidence after a bomb sets off a cataclysmicEveryone has experienced the unsettling mystery of deja vu, but what if the feelings were actually warnings sent from the past or clues to the future? It is deja vu that unexpectedly guides ATF agent Doug Carlin (Washington) through an investigation into a shattering crime. Called in to recover evidence after a bomb sets off a cataclysmic explosion on a New Orleans Ferry, Carlin is about to discover that what most people believe "is only in their heads" is actually something far more powerful - and will lead him on a mind-bending race to save hundreds of innocent people. (Touchstone Pictures)… Expand

Director: Tony Scott

Genre(s): Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 126 min

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50	#50 Most Discussed Movie of 2006
45	#45 Most Shared Movie of 2006

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer - William Arnold

It's an ingratiating star vehicle and elegant entertainment. Read full review

Charlotte Observer - Lawrence Toppman

This seemingly simple thriller has two subtexts, one more overt than the other, that should give pause to people who claim Hollywood is always too left-wing. Read full review

ReelViews - James Berardinelli

Denzel Washington plays Denzel Washington, good cop. This isn't a great performance, but Washington wasn't brought in to show off his acting chops. Read full review

Austin Chronicle - Marjorie Baumgarten

Déjà Vu has enough style and forward (or is it backward) momentum to viewers aroused. It's only after you leave the theatre that your head starts to throb. Read full review

The A.V. Club - Scott Tobias

Rarely have Bruckheimer and Scott been so upfront about insulting people's intelligence. Read full review

New York Daily News - Jack Mathews

It takes chutzpah to title this movie Déjà Vu; every scene in it rings a bell. Certainly, I had just seen the same affable-righteous performance from Washington in Spike Lee's "Inside Man." Read full review

Washington Post - Desson Thomson

After 9/11, few of us look at terrorist acts casually. It's insulting to watch this grandiloquent pornography, using shock value and Hollywood cliche to evoke poignancy. Read full review

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R.Lopez

Feb 4, 2009

another clique Sci-Fi thriller. Well your wrong Deja Vu is anything but clique it's an amazingly unique action thriller that you can watch over and over again and love every minute. Deja Vu stars Denzel Washington as Doug Carlin an ATF agent who is investigating a terrorist bombing of another clique Sci-Fi thriller. Well your wrong Deja Vu is anything but clique it's an amazingly unique action thriller that you can watch over and over again and love every minute. Deja Vu stars Denzel Washington as Doug Carlin an ATF agent who is investigating a terrorist bombing of a ferry in New Orleans, as he digs deeper into the crime he realizes that he's done this before, and that to prevent the ferry bombing from happening he has to travel back to the past to prevent this event from happening. Denzel Washington delivers one of the best performances of his career as a man who has to repeat an event. Deja Vu is an intense, mind blowing and intriguing Sci-Fi film that will blow your mind. I very,Very highly recommended this amazing film.… Expand

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ElliotP.

Dec 3, 2006

Very well done sci-fi action detective thriller. I do not know what movie other reviewers watched because this is the best movie I have seen all season.

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TeeYouBee

Jan 10, 2008

I seriously lóved the movie! At the ending of the movie I got the clue that he did traveled many times back in time. Cauz at the beginning they say that Doug's fingerprints were all over everything in Claire's house. I first thought that this movie was a reality action I seriously lóved the movie! At the ending of the movie I got the clue that he did traveled many times back in time. Cauz at the beginning they say that Doug's fingerprints were all over everything in Claire's house. I first thought that this movie was a reality action movie. So when I first found out that it wasn't all that reality'ish, i thought the movie would suck, but it didn't. I really loved the movie. It is a movie where you have to watch good & listen good.The only thing I didn't get was 1 thing. If the Doug (who traveled back in time) died in a exploding car, then the life where he came from 4 days later, doesn't exist anymore right? Anyway, love this movie, cant believe some people rate this low..… Expand

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StaticSpine

Oct 17, 2013

Rather pretentious movie, but it has some real flaws like stupidities in the story and very shallow characters with uneven motivation. The plot has potential though it's not realized properly. The only good things are filming and production.

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KurisuD.

Oct 30, 2007

Went into the movie with suspicions. (oh great another time-traveling movie). The movie started off innocently enough, but soon turned to hogwash as a seemingly too many convenient series of preposterous events unfolded. Some average ATF agent getting super Top Secret clearance to the Went into the movie with suspicions. (oh great another time-traveling movie). The movie started off innocently enough, but soon turned to hogwash as a seemingly too many convenient series of preposterous events unfolded. Some average ATF agent getting super Top Secret clearance to the nations most advanced technology. Not to mention such technology and the explanation of it were a complete joke especially compared to movies like Minority Report that managed to pull off such difficult plots. This ATF agent suddenly became the leader with authority to do whatever he wanted ordering people around and taking whatever technology he wanted. Where are all the guards? He just walks right in for God's sake toward the end. Despite all this the last 20 minutes or so kept me entertained/intrigued enough to bump the score up to a 4.… Expand

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A.Martinez

Dec 8, 2006

Whoa! Val Kilmer and Denzel Washington, great actors, but bad movie. It happens, I guess. The movie tries to make us think that they can bend time, but it tries too hard. The ending is ridiculous. I am not even sure that this is a rental!!!

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Fantasy

Nov 22, 2006

I find it difficult to believe that Denzel Washington an Academy Award winner would sign off on this lame production. If this were a free made for TV movie you would change the channel. It is too bad to be believed. No chemistry, no plot and no dialogue. Idiotic.

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