Andy Garcia, Ashley Judd, Bill Duke

Jessica, whose father was a serial killer, is a female police officer. While investigating a murder, she finds herself in the center of her own investigation, when her former lovers start dying around...( read more  read more... ) her at a furious pace.

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R, 1 hr. 47 min.

Directed by: Philip Kaufman

Release Date: February 27, 2004

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DVD Release Date: August 31, 2004

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  • November 28, 2008
    Twisted is your typical thriller that has a obligatory, game-changing twist at the end. Ashley Judd is as gorgeous as always, while Garcia and Jackson phone-in performances that really don't require a lot of effort from them.

    There's nothing new here, and the "why" of the murde...( read more)rs wasn't really explained to my satisfaction, but whatever. You know if you like these kinds of movies or not, and if you you do, then Twisted is worth watching on TV (or picking up at the store for $5, like I did).
  • September 16, 2008
    A film with a lot of talent which can't get over a very bad script. First of all it throws out some excellent ideas of how everyone is a killer, it's just about control, but soon gets swept away with "could it be him?" crapness. Constantly it sheds a shadow over characters, all e...( read more)xcept one. Could this one person be the killer? You decide. The performances are great, especially Strathairn and Garcia but they have no other purpose than to be suspects in a film more focussed on giving a "never see it coming twist" than a logical conclusion. Some laughable dream sequences round out this poor attempt at psychological horror.
  • May 1, 2008
    I would hardly call this 'twisted'. What they're trying to tell you is that the ending has a twist, but it's twisted in a way that nothing makes sense in the ending. It was easy enough to guess who was behind the murders, and I hate it in films like this when they need a twist so...( read more) they pull out a random person to be responsible. No clues, no nothing to explain why.

    The plot is convincing though, if only it was made better by the acting and 'twist'. It follows a female police officer who is investigating a series of murders, and soon finds out that she has slept with all of the victims. The plot tries to draw you in with the possibility that she might be the killer she is looking for, she seems to be going a bit crazy dealing with her father's death.

    It wasn't just the ending that is this movie's downfall. The acting could have been a lot better, it seemed as if they just didn't care. Ashley Judd was okay, nothing more. Samuel L. Jackson was the easiest to tell that he gave this movie nothing special, and then Andy Garcia was really the only decent performance, I kind of liked his character.

    It's not something I would recommend for anyone to see, but hey, maybe you might enjoy it more than I did.
  • February 13, 2008
    This featured some of the most spectacularly bad acting I've seen in quite some time.
  • March 4, 2007
    Weak
  • November 20, 2009
    Good story. A thriller worth the time.
  • October 21, 2009
    nice twists in this one-great performances.
  • October 1, 2009
    One of the worst films ever.
  • September 27, 2009
    There was kind of a lot of star power here but it wasn`t a great movie. It`s very late night TV movie with "mind trickery" and red herrings aplenty.

    The killer`s motive was a bit weak in the end and for a sharp, tough cookie, Ashley Judd`s character isn`t very quick on the up...( read more)take. When you keep having blackouts and suspect you`re killing people during that time, the first and best thing to do is STOP DRINKING, YOU DRUNKARD.

    Throughout the movie, you don`t really get to know anyone and you don`t start to like anyone so it held attention only because I thought Samuel L Jackson and Andy Garcia wouldn`t appreciate being stopped unfinished and because I wanted to make sure the twist wasn`t that the movie was engineered to be so bad that the killer really was her when she was having blackouts.

    PS. Still better than Three Blind Mice.
  • August 2, 2009
    Thriller irregular con sorpresita previsible al final

Critic Reviews


February 27, 2004
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

It's all perfectly rote and only occasionally satisfying. full review

February 27, 2004
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

It begins pretty, and ends up ugly. full review

February 27, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Walks like a thriller and talks like a thriller, but it squawks like a turkey. full review

February 27, 2004
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

Twisted is eerily similar in its story line to In the Cut, the much pasted Meg Ryan sex-and-death thriller that came out last year. Only it's worse. full review

February 26, 2004
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

The greatest mystery in this nonsensical thriller is why Philip Kaufman, a first-rate director, lent his talents to such a mediocre piece of studio hackwork. full review

February 26, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

Twisted won't leave you wrung out, but it may put a crick in your neck. Trying to make sense of this ridiculous yet all too conventional movie will only make you cock your head quizzically, like a dog... full review

February 26, 2004
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

A generic, high-end Hollywood whodunit with a school of red herrings swimming through a plot that has more holes than a gopher farm. full review

February 26, 2004
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

Sarah Thorp's script is twisted in all the wrong ways. full review

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