Synopsis
When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret..
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Cast
- Michael DouglasDr. Nathan Conrad
- Sean BeanPatrick Koster
- Brittany MurphyElisabeth Burrows
- Skye McCole BartusiakJessie Conrad
- Guy TorryDolen
- Jennifer EspositoDet. Sandra Cassidy
- Famke JanssenAggie Conrad
- Oliver PlattDr. Louis Sachs
- Shawn DoyleRussel Maddox
- Victor ArgoSydney Simon
Recommendations
- 80
Los Angeles Times
Smart, stylish and, most important, satisfying. - 70
Variety
Generates tension from the get-go, albeit of an increasingly unpleasant variety, on its way to a disappointingly generic climax. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
If there's such a thing as joyless competence, it's exemplified by the grimly sensational kidnap thriller Don't Say a Word. - 67
Austin Chronicle
Murphy's screentime takes a back seat to Douglas', of course, but from that back seat she makes a very big noise. - 50
Boston Globe
Don't Say a Word can be thought of as a case of Dial B for Boring. - 38
USA Today
Don't say you weren't warned. There are instant clues that this ill-timed Michael Douglas vehicle is a dually unfortunate viewing experience. - 38
Baltimore Sun
Maybe this is a psychological thriller after all: Every thinking member of the audience will be driven insane. - 30
Washington Post
Thankfully, after its terrific start, Don't Say a Word transmogrifies so totally into Hollywood hooey that it's actually a relief. I'd hate to see a disturbance in the karmic perfection of Douglas's pitch-pure mediocrity.
