Brittany Murphy, Famke Janssen, Guy Torry

Preeminent New York psychiatrist Dr. Nathan Conrad has a successful practice, a beautiful wife and a charming daughter. Making his way home for the Thanksgiving holiday, Conrad is summoned by a collea...( read more  read more... )gue to examine a young woman. Elisabeth Burrows presents a history of unexplained violence, failed treatments and misdiagnoses. In short, the kind of case Nathan used to live for before he went 'uptown.' Now he is Elisabeth's last chance before she is shipped off to a state institution. Nathan's skills and intuition begin to make headway into Elisabeth's case. Little does Nathan suspect that Elisabeth is tied to a danger that has closed in on him and his family. Nathan's daughter has been kidnapped by ruthless thieves, and to save her he must somehow unlock a 6-digit number locked away in Elisabeth's troubled mind. With his daughter's captors watching his every move, Nathan is constantly reminded: if he wants to see his daughter alive, he dare not say a single word.

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R, 1 hr. 52 min.

Directed by: Gary Fleder

Release Date: September 28, 2001

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DVD Release Date: February 19, 2002

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  • September 22, 2009
    Don't say a word and don't bother watching this film!
  • December 20, 2008
    Excellent thriller about a kidnapped girl and how Michael Douglas a psychiatrist gets information from Brittany Murphy a tramatized patient to solve the case.
  • September 12, 2007
    A fantastic performance by Brittany Murphy makes this story so great. My favourite performance of hers to date. Original story, covering a heist, a mental institution and a kidnap

    VERDICT: Definitely recommend.
  • August 20, 2007
    "i'll never telll"
  • August 7, 2007
    Sean Bean buried, still good film with twists and turns. A new spin and story. Adapted from Andrew Klavan's bestselling suspense novel, Don't Say a Word is a suitable companion to director Gary Fleder's earlier hit Kiss the Girls, with solid performances.
  • November 20, 2009
    Gary Fleder incinerates all the directorial promise of his early features by crapping out this boring-arse exercise in stringing together moronic Hollywood thriller cliches. Stunningly bad.
  • November 18, 2009
    This is a really, really good thriller.
  • October 3, 2009
    2 of 5 stars for the suspense movie "Don't Say a Word". Very simple plot, no plot twists, lots of suspense and a long movie with little contents. The story is simple, some nutcases want to extract a magic number that a girl has in her memory. The girl has been a mental patient mo...( read more)st of her life. So, they kidnap the daughter of her shrink and demand he extract the number from the patient. From there it is a straight forward kidnapping recovery story.

    Darkly photographed, lots of heavy stringed music to add a suspense edge to the movie. Well acted by Michael Douglas. But, not much reward for sitting thru the movie. No twists. You don't even really find any value from the magic number.

    You can skip this movie.
  • September 16, 2009
    Un très bon film, celui qui m'a fait découvrir Brittany Murphy.
  • September 13, 2009
    "I'll never telll"....good, because I don't want to know how you got the role. Damn she is a bad actress.

Critic Reviews


September 28, 2001
David Edelstein, Slate

A big, noisy mess, with a howler at its center. full review

September 28, 2001
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

I kept wondering when Glenn Close would show up. And, by the end, I wished she would. full review

September 28, 2001
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The movie as a whole looks and occasionally plays better than it is. full review

September 27, 2001
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

A confused and confusing enterprise. full review

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  • kavis1
    January 3, 2007
    Where's Famke Janssen in the cast???????????????

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