Abandon
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: October 18, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
7
Negative:
12
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
USA TodayMike Clark
Holmes, of Dawson's Creek, will be up the creek if she can't avoid movies like this. And so will you if you see it. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Abandon is this CLOSE to being good, juicy, bad-movie fun. Read full review
38
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
With the flat characters and lifeless performances, it's a wonder that anyone in the audience can stay awake all the way through this dull and dreary production. Read full review
33
Portland OregonianKim Morgan
Has a few pleasing stylistic flourishes and a potentially Hitchcockian plot, but the writing and rhythm are so off that when the final "shocker" arrives, we have seen it coming or have abandoned caring.
30
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
A trite psychological thriller -- all buildup and no payoff, a mystery that essentially offers only two alternative solutions, which diminishes the element of surprise and strings the viewer along way past caring which possibility proves to be true. Read full review
30
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Crossing "A Beautiful Mind" with "Sex Kittens Go to College," first-time director Stephen Gaghan (he wrote Traffic) causes a head-on collision. Read full review
30
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Passably interesting psychological study of emotionally wounded characters until it commits dramatic suicide by showing its true colors as a tricked-up "Fatal Attraction" wannabe. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleSteve Davis
What hath "The Sixth Sense" wrought? These days, it seems as if every psychological thriller has a surprise finish. Read full review
30
SalonCharles Taylor
This alleged thriller, which might be described as "'Gaslight' Goes to College," is one of the most incoherent features in recent memory. Read full review
20
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Stephen Gaghan, who scripted this turkey, landed in the director's chair after Edward Zwick (Glory) bailed out, and you can almost smell the flop sweat. Read full review
12
New York PostMegan Lehmann
A confusing mishmash. Read full review
10
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Consider the title your best advice. Read full review
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