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Abandon Reviews

2002

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Oscar-winning screenwriter Stephen Gaghan (TRAFFIC) makes his directorial debut with ABANDON, a dense, moody psychological thriller. Loosely based on the book ADAM'S FALL by Sean Desmond, ABANDON tells the troubled story of Katie (Katie Holmes), a college senior who's having a tough time keeping herself focused. She is still .. Read more

Starring	Katie Holmes, Benjamin Bratt, Charlie Hunnam, Melanie Lynskey
Director	Stephen Gaghan
Genres	Drama

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  I found this film too ...
  
  I found this film too fragmented and frankly quite boring. Apart from being slow, the actual plot lost much of its' impact as the film progressed. Not for ... read more »
  
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  - PAISLEY
  - 15 Aug 2004 at 14:02
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  Cure for Insomnia
  
  I rented it because of the cast, thought it would be worth watching, turned out to be soporifc. The story was so boring I just couldn't get into it, I kept ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 06 Feb 2011 at 19:23
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  A Masterpiece Never
  
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  CRITICS CLAIM IT A MASTERPIECE I DON'T THINK SO, HAD THE MAKING INITIALLY OF BEING HALF DECENT. BUT IT JUST WENT ON AND ON AND ON, LIKE THIS, JUST BORING ... read more »
  
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  - 26 Jan 2011 at 22:20
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  Fair film
  
  Good Story at the end you realise.
  
  No sex scences. So crap
  
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  - SLOUGH
  - 08 Jan 2009 at 21:17
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  Absolutely terrible
  
  The Title says it all, You will probably abandon watching this after 30 mins of being bored to tears. Bit of a let down from Katie Holmes. Extremely slow and ... read more »
  
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  - Sussex
  - 06 Mar 2006 at 14:39
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  bad
  
  this movie was very boring, pointless
  
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  - glasgow
  - 26 Jan 2006 at 10:01
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  ok
  
  Very run of the mill movie nothing new, like being spoon feed but still an enjoyable movie and worth a watch
  
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  - Cornwall
  - 25 Oct 2005 at 17:45
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  crap
  
  a very poor film,not worth watching,.
  
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- - gwynfor roberts
  - kent england
  - 13 Apr 2005 at 20:40
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  avoid
  
  her worst film by far for miss holms
  
  i was really disapointed and bored with this
  
  you have been warned
  
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  - sheffield
  - 12 Apr 2005 at 22:39
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  Abandoned
  
  Must agreed with some of the earlier comments, Fragmented and Slow best discribes this film. By the time you get end that's if you can be bothered you don&#... read more »
  
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- - LUKE SMITH
  - Thornton Heath
  - 21 Mar 2005 at 11:53
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  If you like a who dunnit'
  
  I had no high expectations of theis film, in fact I had forgotten why I had ordered it but found it to be a perfectly good evenings entertainment. A good who ... read more »
  
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  - 27 Jan 2005 at 09:52
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  I found this film too ...
  
  I found this film too fragmented and frankly quite boring. Apart from being slow, the actual plot lost much of its' impact as the film progressed. Not for ... read more »
  
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  - PAISLEY
  - 15 Aug 2004 at 14:02
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  very dull
  
  as others have said, this is very slow. I am not very good at guessing twist endings but I guessed this one very early on, and I think most people will.Katie ... read more »
  
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  - portsmouth
  - 30 Dec 2004 at 20:06
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  If you like a who dunnit'
  
  I had no high expectations of theis film, in fact I had forgotten why I had ordered it but found it to be a perfectly good evenings entertainment. A good who ... read more »
  
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  - North East
  - 27 Jan 2005 at 09:52
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  Abandoned
  
  Must agreed with some of the earlier comments, Fragmented and Slow best discribes this film. By the time you get end that's if you can be bothered you don&#... read more »
  
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- - LUKE SMITH
  - Thornton Heath
  - 21 Mar 2005 at 11:53
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  Fair film
  
  Good Story at the end you realise.
  
  No sex scences. So crap
  
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  - SLOUGH
  - 08 Jan 2009 at 21:17
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  The Young Cast shine among the ruins of a bad film
  
  Abandon is a run of the mill yuppie thriller about a university student Katie, who was left by her father and hurt badly by ex-boyfriend Emery, leaving her with... read more »
  
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- - Nate Wilson
  - Norwich, England
  - 06 Feb 2004 at 22:27
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  Abandon the movie
  
  There is nothing drastically wrong with Abandon but the movie fails to grasp your attention and pull you in. The movie is about a young college student (Katie ... read more »
  
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- - Gavin Fowler
  - North east England
  - 07 Apr 2004 at 18:07
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  Fragmented and slow
  
  Very very slow - good ending but god it takes a long time getting there - jumping back and forward in the past and future then the present.
  
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  - England
  - 04 Dec 2004 at 22:30
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  Drag Out
  
  This film is really slow and it is hard to concentrate what is exactly going on. A good twist at the end
  
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  - Guisborough
  - 18 Dec 2004 at 19:23
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  avoid
  
  her worst film by far for miss holms
  
  i was really disapointed and bored with this
  
  you have been warned
  
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  - sheffield
  - 12 Apr 2005 at 22:39

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  Oscar-winning screenwriter Stephen Gaghan (TRAFFIC) makes his directorial debut with ABANDON, a dense, moody psychological thriller. Loosely based on the book ADAM'S FALL by Sean Desmond, ABANDON tells the troubled story of Katie (Katie Holmes), a college senior who's having a tough time keeping ...