SummaryA psychological thriller about a college student (Holmes) haunted by visions of her first love, who disappeared two years earlier.
Directed By:Stephen Gaghan
Written By:Stephen Gaghan
Abandon
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
36
User score
Mixed or Average
5.3
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
36
27% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
27% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
46% Negative
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
75
Sometimes, typecasting works: Holmes and Bratt settle comfortably into their roles, and the movie proves a competently made, mildly diverting collegiate thriller -- at least until its all-too-predictable ''twist'' ending.
63
Abandon tags Katie Holmes as a talented actor with surprising range and vast, untapped potential - so much, in fact, that watching her, one can almost overlook the film's many flaws. Almost.
50
Too much of this well-acted but dangerously slow thriller feels like a preamble to a bigger, more complicated story, one that never materializes.
40
A thriller wrapped in heavy-duty gauze to muffle the chills.
33
Has a few pleasing stylistic flourishes and a potentially Hitchcockian plot, but the writing and rhythm are so off that when the final "shocker" arrives, we have seen it coming or have abandoned caring.
30
Crossing "A Beautiful Mind" with "Sex Kittens Go to College," first-time director Stephen Gaghan (he wrote Traffic) causes a head-on collision.
10
Consider the title your best advice.
User score
Mixed or Average
5.3
20% Positive
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
60% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
20% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
Jan 22, 2017
1
J'aime bien la petite Katie Holmes, je la trouve mignonne et charmante ! Si elle n'est pas une actrice extraordinaire (loin s'en faut), elle peut parfois, bien dirigée, se révéler excellente (cf la série des Kennedy). Alors évidemment, dans ce sous-téléfilm miteux, elle fait de la peine, la pauvre. Scénario inexistant, dialogues qui font bailler à s'en décrocher la mâchoire, mise en scène "deux de tension". N'en jetez plus, les chiottes sont pleines : je tire la chasse.
Production Company:
- Paramount Pictures
- Spyglass Entertainment
- Lynda Obst Productions
- Touchstone Pictures
- Mel's Cite du Cinema
- Munich Film Partners New Century & Company (MFP) HAM Productions
- The Bedford Falls Company
Release Date:Oct 18, 2002
Duration:1 h 39 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:Watch who you leave behind.
Awards
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
