Directed by:
Gary FlederCinematography:
Amir MokriComposer:
Mark IshamCast:
Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Guy Torry, Jennifer Esposito, Shawn Doyle, Victor Argo, Famke Janssen, Oliver Platt (more)Plots(1)
When psychiatrist Nathan Conrad discovers that his daughter has been kidnapped, the only way he can get her back is to pry critical information from the mind of a seriously disturbed teenager with a secret stuck deep in a blocked memory. The Conrads are the prototypical happy family: Nathan, a successful doctor (Michael Douglas); his loving wife, Aggie (Famke Janssen), who is bedridden with a broken leg suffered in a skiing accident; and eight-year-old Jessie (Skye McCole Bartusiak), an extremely intelligent and well-loved young girl. But late one night Jessie is abducted and used as collateral for a dangerous group of men who will stop at nothing to recover a stolen ten-million-dollar jewel. (official distributor synopsis)
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In the first two acts, the film is a very solid thriller, but suffers from the traditional pain of Hollywood productions: a botched ending. The main villain always has to suffer the most horrible, original, macabre and I don't know what else death, and there is no other way to do it. Maybe some people like it, but I find it boring. But whatever, Michael Douglas is still a great actor and it's nice to see Sean Bean again after a long time.
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Don't Say a Word is a brilliant thriller whose greatest strengths are undoubtedly the excellent performances of the main cast: Michael Douglas, Brittany Murphy, Sean Bean. Fast pace, excellent atmosphere, various shots, slow-motion, flashbacks, simply excellent. It's just a shame about the ending.
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