Derailed 2005

Critics score:
20 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: You'd have to have been frozen in an Arctic ice block with no access to cable TV not to know exactly what's coming. Read more

Allison Benedikt, Chicago Tribune: In the vast world of ludicrous plots, and the vaster world of ludicrous plots for thrillers starring handsome celebrities, Derailed rings almost logical. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: Someone had to work extra hard to make a movie this bad with two likeable leads like Mr. Owen and Ms. Aniston. I can't figure out why. Read more

John Hartl, Seattle Times: As long as Clive Owen is on his own, solving problems and planning revenge, Derailed is a reasonably gripping thriller. Read more

Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: [Derailed has] a ludicrous script whose twists and turns are laughably obvious or just plain laughable. Read more

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: It has a great look, a couple of genuinely terrifying turns and a surprise or two that I didn't see coming. This is a flawed but stylish and entertaining thriller. Read more

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Derailed is all too apt a title. Read more

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Bill Muller, Arizona Republic: Not since Fatal Attraction have the potential pitfalls of marital infidelity been so frighteningly portrayed in a movie. Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: Derailed is a tawdry, predictable hunk of movie headcheese. Read more

Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times: Derailed is a silly, lurid, pulpy thriller that's not nearly lurid and pulpy enough to be much fun, but more than silly enough to be ludicrous. Read more

Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle: Derailed is one of those thrillers that makes you wish the main characters watched more thrillers, because then they wouldn't act like chumps. Read more

Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: Derailed" - - a pure popcorn thriller - - may find it hard to make a dent at the box office. But it is worth seeing. Read more

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: Derailed is a penny dreadful with A-list stars. Read more

Michael Booth, Denver Post: Shot without visual style, sharp dialogue or discernible logic, the movie seems to be riding entirely on the star power of Aniston, Clive Owen and the boastful Weinsteins. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: The odds are even that reaction to the twist, when it comes, will be huh! Or duh. Or whaaaa? Read more

Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: Derailed is entertaining, but you'll be several steps ahead of it. Read more

Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Famously dense though I am when it comes to plot twists, I had this one at hello. Read more

Jan Stuart, Newsday: A cagey, tough-as-nails thriller that makes up in swagger and star wattage what it may lack in surprise. Read more

Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: Like a runaway train, the movie hurtles over the tracks so fast, you can barely keep up with the incongruities. Read more

Manohla Dargis, New York Times: Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen star in this glossy and often risible bit of trash about an adulterous affair gone bad, bad, bad. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: As male guilt and vengeance fantasies go, Derailed has its moments of righteous comeuppance. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Yet another in the seemingly endless line of stupid, generic thrillers that Hollywood foists upon the movie-going public. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Derailed doesn't hold up. At the end, we want more, or less, or different. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Fans of Owen will want to see Derailed but most others will feel that where plausibility is concerned, it falls off the tracks. Read more

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Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Derailed is just entertaining enough if you approach it with appropriately low expectations. Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: They Never Saw It Coming, teases the poster for Derailed, and you have to wonder if blindness is now a prerequisite for Hollywood characters. Read more

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Mike Clark, USA Today: Drawn-out, clunky and uneasily acted, as well as exasperating. Read more

Justin Chang, Variety: This murky psychological suspenser manages the tricky feat of being as predictable as it is finally preposterous. Read more

Laura Sinagra, Village Voice: In terms of taut plot, Derailed doesn't exactly hold together either, but it's good at pretending it does. Read more

Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: It's fast, slick, stupid, violent fun and, despite the cynically high body count, without serious intention in this world. Read more