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Don't Say A Word [2002] | ![Don't Say A Word [2002]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YTS624B7L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Gary Fleder
Actors: Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy, Skye Mccole Bartusiak, Guy Torry
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 10866
Format: Pal, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Original Language), Italian (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 108 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5039036010429
ASIN: B00006SKVD
Theatrical Release Date: September 28, 2001
Release Date: July 19, 2004
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Adapted from Andrew Klavan's bestselling suspense novel, Don't Say a Word is a suitable companion to director Gary Fleder's earlier hit Kiss the Girls, with solid performances serving a plot that begins promisingly. The tension starts when the daughter of a top-notch New York psychiatrist (Michael Douglas) is kidnapped by a bitter ex-con (Sean Bean) with an old score to settle. Aided by an unwitting colleague (Oliver Platt), Douglas can save his daughter by extracting crucial information from a traumatised patient (Brittany Murphy), while his bedridden wife (Famke Janssen) and a tenacious detective (Jennifer Esposito) do their part to solve the mystery. Fleder pushes all the routine buttons with effectively sombre style and Don't Say a Word will satisfy anyone with a preference for high-anxiety thrillers. Even as it grows increasingly conventional, it's still entertaining without being particularly original. As a by-the-book programmer, it's just right for rainy-day viewing. --Jeff Shannon
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 ridiculous story but some good acting September 3, 2008
dan the fan (england,uk)
There was some good acting in this film but the ridiculous story made it hard to enjoy.Also somebody withheld the suspense because I didn't feel on the edge of my seat.This film was I suspect, a bit like the book it was based on:it had a clever plot rather than a credible plot.For a much better kidnap film buy the movie "Ransom" with Mel Gibson and Rene Russo which is also set in New York.That has some great twists in the story and a much more believable story too and is way more exciting to watch.
 Pretty decent attempt January 15, 2008
Bezerus Bezby (Leeds, UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I loved the book and I liked the movie. Certain things that made the book what it was were lost in the adaptation to the big screen but I disagree with another reviewer that the story is silly- it's entertaining and fast paced.
To sum up: a respected psyciatric doctor who specialises in working with children and young people is asked by his colleague to help a very disturbed young woman. Suddenley, his daughter is kidnapped and the men who have her want a code from the disturbed young woman.
Michael Douglas is good, as is Sean Bean. Brittney Murphy is less good as the disturbed patient.
It's not superb, but it is enjoyable.
 This film keeps you on the edge of your seat from the start........ January 10, 2008
Inmi Opinion (Cadiz,Spain)
to the final scene.A very well cast movie with Michael Douglas playing a top psychiatrist Dr.Nathan Conrad, Famke Janssen his wife ,a precocious child actress, Sean Bean being a particularly nasty robber and Brittany Murphy as a teen diagnosed as suffering from PTSD and locked within herself.Basically Bean and his team recently released from prison kidnap Douglas' daughter using her as the pawn in the game they draw Douglas into where they want him to use his skills to obtain a number from Murphys memory given to her when she was a child by her father who was originally a member of Beans robbery team who double-crossed them.He has to do this to get his child back. You may think you've been here before but this is a well directed film by Gary Fleder and produced by veterans the Kopelsons. The extras are interesting in themselves.I never believe in saying too much unlike some reviewers who write 50 plus line reviews, giving away all the films secrets.
Standard thriller lifted by great performances... January 24, 2006
Mr. Jd Ware (London)
It's not until after the credits roll, and you start thinking back on the film, that you realise Don't Say A Word is very bog standard type of thriller. But you never think that while actually watching it because it is so much fun!Michael Douglas plays a psychiatrist who has to get Brittany Murphy's pyschologically tortured girl to reveal to Sean Bean's baddie a number that will help him discover the whereabouts of a diamond. Despite a few plot contrivances (would Bean's character really spend ten years hunting down a girl just to get a tiny diamond?) it is edge of your seat thrilling entertainment, in the way that you wonder how the family will escape the clutches of the bad guys. And you first have to get past a surprisingly slow start. It's a good quarter of the movie in before the main plot kicks in. Still, anything with Sean Bean in it is value for money, and he's brilliant at playing bad guys. Britaany Murphy too is exceptional as a slightly wacko girl in a psychiatrics ward. Only Michael Douglas seems slightly typecast - playing the same character that he does in all his films. But as things build up and draw to their close, you can't help but feel sucked in. How can they stop Bean from getting the diamond? Will the cop close on their tails ever catch up? And will Famke Jansenn's bed ridden wife survive her unpredictable situation? Taut, thrilling and well thought out - this is a standard thriller that hits above the average thanks to its enthusiasm and performances. Worth a watch.
Ok-ish. April 13, 2003
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Overall this is quite a good film, there are a few down points, but definately one to watch or buy. Brittany Murphy is an AMAZING actress in it, but I think that Michael Douglas let the film down slightly. Parts of the plot were hard to follow at times, but it is a good thriller.
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