Domestic Disturbance (2001)
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23% of critics liked it
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43% of users liked it
(42,082 ratings)
John Travolta stars in this thriller as divorced husband and father Frank Morrison, a boat builder concerned about his son Danny (Matthew O'Leary), a troubled 11-year-old who has shown a tendency to lie since his parents broke up. When his ex-wife Susan (Teri Polo) announces that she's… More John Travolta stars in this thriller as divorced husband and father Frank Morrison, a boat builder concerned about his son Danny (Matthew O'Leary), a troubled 11-year-old who has shown a tendency to lie since his parents broke up. When his ex-wife Susan (Teri Polo) announces that she's getting remarried to Rick Barnes (Vince Vaughn), a recent arrival in town and a popular, wealthy philanthropist, Frank struggles with jealousy but feels that Rick might be a stabilizing influence for his son. When Danny begins relating unsettling stories about Rick, Frank at first chalks it up to youthful rebellion, but when Danny stridently claims to have witnessed his new stepfather committing murder, Frank's instincts tell him the story is true. As he investigates the new man in his family's life, Frank uncovers alarming facts about Rick, who's not the man he appears to be. Domestic Disturbance (2001) made headlines six months before its release when co-star Steve Buscemi, accompanied by Vaughn and screenwriter Scott Rosenberg, was stabbed and seriously injured in an after-hours bar brawl with locals near the film's North Carolina set. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- Harold Becker
- Written By
- Lewis Colick
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
- In Theaters
- Nov 2, 2001 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
It's dire, unimaginative silliness.
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Movies like Domestic Disturbance leave me dispirited. There's nothing likable, exciting, or intriguing about them.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
It's big and dumb, all right -- the sort of thing you'd like to shoot with an elephant gun to put out of its misery.
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Does a masterful job of building menace until about halfway through.
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Spence D., IGN Movies
This film quickly sinks into a lame, ultra-predictable storyline that would never have made it past the made-for-cable-TV editorial commission.
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Cast
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John Travolta
as Frank Morrison
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Vince Vaughn
as Rick Barnes
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Teri Polo
as Susan
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Matt O'Leary
as Danny Morrison
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson
as Sgt. Edgar Stevens
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Susan Floyd
as Diane
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Angelica Torn
as Patty
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Steve Buscemi
as Ray Coleman
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Terry Loughlin
as Judge
- Chris Ellis
- Matthew O'Leary
- Angelica Page

