KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

atlasmb This film stars John Travolta as the noncustodial father of a teenage son who has a history of lying. Terri Polo plays the ex-wife and Vince Vaughn is the new man who enters her life.The story is average in creating suspense, but mines some real emotions that people often have: the lack of control that a non-custodial parent feels regarding the well-being of a child; the helpless feeling of a child in the household of a menacing adult; the confusion of a parent who is torn between irreconcilable interests.Its mediocre manipulation of these emotions and the fears that come from them is the primary reason for the film's substandard quality. The actors are fine, but the vehicle undermines their performances, perhaps because, in trying to convey the various perspectives of the characters, it fails to commit to any one of them. This is mostly a failure of style and technique. The result is a film that engages the viewer, but fails to deliver the expected suspense. It shines briefly in moments, then is undermined by quick cuts or hurried scenes.

Python Hyena Domestic Disturbance (2001): Dir: Harold Becker / Cast: John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Teri Polo, Steve Buscemi, Matt O'Leary: Title refers to trauma in a small area with John Travolta starring as a boat manufacturer divorced but maintains a good relationship with his son. His son is known for mischief and the news of his mother's new engagement doesn't help matters. Formula plot regards John Travolta investigating allegations made by his son that her fiancée committed murder. Vince Vaughn plays a public figure with a nasty side whom his son claims burned a body. Formula trash right up to its dumber than dumb climax where certain people just happen to end up in particular places at the right time. Directing by Harold Becker leaves much to be desired. He previously made the terrible Mercury Rising, another film about a kid in pearl. Travolta's role does him little justice as it is just by the numbers. Vaughn always seems to be in particular places at the convenience of the screenplay. Teri Polo is suppose to be blind to common sense. Steve Buscemi is wasted as Vaughn's former associate whom will obviously end up dead. Matt O'Leary plays the kid who reason for focus is to be threatened and being fakely heroic. With nothing surprising or suspenseful, viewers are left with a real yawner. Any theme presented is replaced with disturbance in the form of bullshit. Score: 1 / 10

JoeytheBrit This has the look of a film with production problems, and I'm willing to bet a good deal of original content ended up on the cutting room floor. Travolta's character Frank Morrison's marriage to angular beauty Teri Polo has ended, and their 12-year-old son is now living with her and nice guy Rick (Vince Vaughn), who isn't actually as nice as he appears to be. At one point, as things are going particularly badly with his son, we see Frank downing shots in a bar at double-quick time. All of a sudden he's joined, without introduction, by a middle-aged lady who may or may not be the sister of Clarence from It's a Wonderful Life, but is more likely to be Frank's AA sponsor. He's a drunk, you see, and that's why his marriage ended. The trouble is, nobody involved in the film felt this was important enough to explain until this moment, about midway through the film. And after a brief, largely inconsequential conversation Clarence's sister disappears, never to be seen or referred to again.Vince Vaughn is the best thing about this entertaining if strictly ordinary little thriller. He switches effortlessly from the image of good-looking, laid-back American male perfection – or Hollywood's perception of it, anyway – to darkly menacing bad guy, looming over the hapless Jason (James Lashley) who finds himself in something of a quandary after eavesdropping on his step-dad cold-bloodedly murdering a former partner in crime who threatened to blow over the perfect house of cards he had so painstakingly constructed for himself. When Jason blows the whistle, nobody believes him – apart from his dad – and it looks as if it's only a matter of time before he and Pop meet with 'accidents' that will get them out of Rick's hair forever.Although Domestic Disturbance is entertaining enough, there are too many incidents like the one mentioned above to make it a film worth watching. For example, I can't remember any film in which a person accused of murder is allowed to sit in on the police interview with the person making that accusation – especially when it's a 12-year-old kid. Things like that are just examples of sloppy writing, of incidents in which the writer has forsaken reality in an attempt to crank up the tension. Likewise with the lighter that once belonged to Rick's murder victim, and the speed with which Rick catches on to what Frank's been up to. The film also loses focus at times as it neglects Frank or Jason's side of the story in order to concentrate on the other's side; it's an impossible story to tell from just one point of view, but they could have found a more seamless way of splitting the perspective between father and son.

hunttj Having never been a real big John Travolta fan, I watched this just as a "filler"for the evening. I thought that John played a compelling role as the Dad of a struggling little boy. His acting was very believable to me. And for a change, I saw him as a "real" person. So often it seems that John has taken roles that, to me, have almost given him a comic persona. I really enjoyed watching him act with compassion and love displayed for his son, Danny,played very well by Matthew O'Leary. Although the script was somewhat predictable.It definitely more than kept my attention throughout. The actors were well cast for their roles. Vince Vaughn as the villain was perfect. As was Steve Buscemi,again perfectly type cast, as Vaughn's slimy ex-partner. I love that guy in any movie he appears in. Overall. Yeh. I give this movie more stars than average. I'd watch it again. Much better movie than I had anticipated.