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Suspenseful Bleak Rough Sexual Tense
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Dangerous Attraction Infidelity Crimes Danger Dishonesty Love and Romance Couples Disorder more...
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Thriller Crime
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Contemporary 21st Century
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Chicago Urban
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Derailed, 2005

Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Clive Owen

Directed by: Mikael Håfström

Written by: Stuart Beattie

Language: English, French

Country: USA, UK

Runtime: 108 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:6.6

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The mood of Derailed is suspenseful, sexual, and bleak. The plot centers around a dangerous attraction, infidelity, and disorder. It is a thriller and crime movie. Stylistically, Derailed is episodic and involves twists and turns. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in an urban environment. Derailed is set in Chicago. It happens in contemporary times. It is based on a book. Note that Derailed includes strong violent content, sexual content, and profanity.

Summary of Derailed

Coming off the series finale of FRIENDS, Jennifer Aniston sets out to prove herself a serious actress with DERAILED, a tense thriller that is anything but funny. While the film gives most of its screen time to Clive Owen, Aniston proves, as in THE GOOD GIRL, that she is capable of pulling off a dramatic role. Meeting on a commuter train one morning in Chicago, ad executive Charles (Owen) and financial analyst Lucinda (Aniston) have an immediate connection. Worn down by his job, strained marriage, and a sick child, Charles finds himself drawn to the escape Lucinda can offer. A lunch meeting, followed by dinner and drinks, leads the way to a rendezvous in a sleazy motel, where no sooner have the adulterous lovebirds ripped each other's clothes off than a sadistic thief (Vincent Cassel) breaks into the room and puts them through hours of nightmarish horror. Because of their relationship's illicit nature, the two are unable to go to the cops, and are thus virtually powerless to their attacker's every whim, leaving themselves open to blackmail as he threatens their families and lives. Choosing momentary gratification and the excitement of the unknown over the values he generally holds dear, Charles more than pays the price for his indiscretion.

Playing off his audience's greatest fears, director Mikael Hafstrom creates some scenes so horrific they are sure to haunt viewers for hours after the credits roll. A morality tale of sorts, DERAILED explores the terrible effects of lying and infidelity, while the film's most powerful scenes leave viewers with the paranoid feeling that the only person you can trust is yourself.

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Language:	English, French
Country:	USA, UK
Release date:	11 November 2005
Runtime:	108 min

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Jennifer Aniston

as Lucinda Harris

Clive Owen

as Charles Schine

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Clive Owen in Derailed (2005)

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TV Guide

The perky Aniston is both unflatteringly photographed and utterly unconvincing in the pivotal role of Lucinda, and overall the film has the oddly disconnected quality of '70s Euro-thrillers whose international casts spoke different languages on the... Full Review

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by: Maitland McDonagh

Washington Post

It's fast, slick, stupid, violent fun and, despite the cynically high body count, without serious intention in this world. Full Review

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by: Stephen Hunter

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Stick with the book.

I also read the book, and loved it. However, I don't understand why movies make meaningless changes. I mean, how do you just leave out his son? I think I liked it until about 15 minutes in (except for RZA who, looking back, was the only thing I... Read and rate it

10.July.2010
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by: Jonathan Fuentes
Jonathan Fuentes rated this movie4/10Disappointing

Stereotypical characters, miscast actors (several of whom either chew shamelessly on the scenery or sleepwalk through their lines), wooden direction, huge plot holes and inconsistencies and a twist that you'll probably see one-third of the way... Read and rate it

11.April.2010
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by: jeffwade09
jeffwade09 rated this movie4/10Disappointing

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