Domestic Disturbance

2001 "He will do anything to protect his family."
5.6| 1h29m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 30 October 2001 Released
Producted By: Paramount
Country: United States of America
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Frank Morrison is a divorced father with a 12-year-old son, Danny. His ex-wife Susan and son Danny now live with Rick Barnes, Susan's new husband. Danny, who has a reputation for telling lies, accuses his stepfather of committing a murder. Initially, no one believes his accusations, but then Frank becomes convinced and is the only one who believes him. Now, the father Danny trusts must protect him from the stepfather he fears.

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Harold Becker

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Domestic Disturbance Audience Reviews

Grimerlana Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike
GurlyIamBeach Instant Favorite.
Listonixio Fresh and Exciting
Connianatu How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.
toni-cooke18 I watched this as it sounded good, the storyline was OK, but it could have been portrayed better.It was uneventful, unexciting, ungripping. The actors did a good job with what they were given. I wouldn't watch it again and I would not recommend this title.As a thriller you want to be kept in suspense, which only happened a couple of times during the whole film. It was dreary and boring. The storyline could have made an excellent film, but unfortunately the directors and writers failed on this occasion.Two words - don't bother!
Vance_Bel_Air I agree entirely with a previous reviewer that this film obtains the momentum to reach its conclusion via the idiocy of the major characters. I would add to their list of ridiculous behaviour the fact that it seemingly never occurs to Travolta's character that he might want to ask his son whether the murdered man looked like Steve Buscemi's character. Instead this apparently doesn't happen, and enough doubt is left in his mind to leave his son in the same house as the killer for several nights.I have read that the jokes in Christmas crackers are deliberately poor, the actual intent being to elicit groans around the dinner table, which apparently 'brings people together'. The effect was similar with those who I watched this movie with.
Leofwine_draca Diluted thrills abound in this uninvolving re-run of THE STEPFATHER, in which a precocious youngster discovers that his new parent is, in fact, a cold-blooded killer who'll do anything to keep his crime a secret. Mainly getting by on the star presence of John Travolta alone, DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE is a well shot film that suffers from a weak script packed with Hollywood cliché. From the first twist, everything that plays out is entirely predictable, nowhere more so than the oh-so-boring climax that sees the protagonists trapped in their own home by a psychopath. From DISTURBIA to WHAT LIES BELOW, every film in the past ten years seems to end in exactly the same fashion and it's quickly become tiresome.Up until then, the film is serviceable but never surprising. The script foists upon us weak characters and it's hard to find somebody to care about – not least Matt O'Leary's brattish youngster. Vince Vaughn, so typecast in comedy these days, is never a threatening presence and you keep expecting him to crack a joke in his supposedly dramatic sequences. Teri Polo doesn't register, and only Steve Buscemi excels as a typical kook. As for Travolta, he's running through the motions, playing on the good nature he's won from audiences since PULP FICTION and never threatening to actually surprise us by acting.
raisleygordon If you like movies about people who use sincerity to hide a dark side, then "Domestic Disturbance" is for you. But if you're looking for something with a twist on the genre, then you'd better look elsewhere. This movie has absolutely nothing fresh in it, but it makes up for that as pure entertainment. Unlike "The Stepfather", this one has a new character, the ex of the woman whom the stepfather is about to marry. Stop me if you've heard this one: A man's ex-wife marries a very suspicious man, kid starts suspecting something's wrong, kid witnesses his evil stepfather kill someone, everyone (but the uncle) doubts the kid until it's almost too late, evil stepfather tries beating the hell out of everyone, everyone else lives happily ever after.*** out of ****