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2001 Certificate 12
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John Travolta is a simple guy named Frank, a recovering alcoholic struggling to maintain the family shipbuilding business his great grandfather started. Now that his ex-wife Susan (Teri Polo) divorced him, his son Danny (Matt O'Leary) is constantly at the police station for one problem or another. So when Susan marries charming .. Read more

Starring John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Teri Polo, Matt O'Leary
Director Harold Becker
Genres Thriller

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Domestic Disturbance

John Travolta is a simple guy named Frank, a recovering alcoholic struggling to maintain the family shipbuilding business his great grandfather started. Now that his ex-wife Susan (Teri Polo) divorced him, his son Danny (Matt O'Leary) is constantly at the police station for one problem or another. So when Susan marries charming Rick (Vince Vaughn), Frank thinks he will provide the financial stability that Danny needs to clean up his act. Then, a mysterious Ray (Steve Buscemi) rolls into town and claims to be an old friend of Rick's. But Rick tells a different story, making Frank wary of them both. When Ray suddenly disappears, Danny claims that he witnessed Rick murder him. Susan thinks it's just another one of Danny's lies, but Frank isn't so sure. He investigates Rick's background and finds that Rick isn't at all what he appears to be. Director Harold Becker (SEA OF LOVE) delivers thrills and melodrama and the film is like a dreaming dog--quietly still, punctured by jolts of movement. Vaughn is subtly menacing and Travolta is as affable as a retriever, but it's Buscemi who really lights up the screen with a sleazy wariness that is hilarious.

Starring John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Teri Polo, Matt O'Leary, Susan Floyd, Steve Buscemi
Director Harold Becker
Studio PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 26 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Genres Thriller
Language DVD: English
Dubbed French, German
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: English, French, German, Slovenian
Released DVD: 07 Oct 2002
Production year: 2001
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    In the days of Snow White and her rheumy apple, stepmothers were the most terrifying evils in a youngster's life. But in recent years, stepfathers have been promoted to the hot seat of menace — most notably Terry O'Quinn in low-budget cult shocker The Stepfather. In Sea of Love director Harold Becker's take on this horror subgenre, Vince Vaughn plays the monster, and with such finger-licking menace that even good-guy John Travolta has a job keeping up with his sinister machinations. Travolta plays the divorced father who is drawn into ex-wife Teri Polo's life with wealthy new husband Vaughn when son Matt O'Leary witnesses his stepdad's particular brand of murder and mayhem. As an “enemy within” movie, Domestic Disturbance keeps up the suspense quotient, but can't overcome its stereotypical treatment of characters and events, in spite of a sleazy performance from Steve Buscemi as a seedy blackmailer. However, Travolta's tough-guy hero at least has one ingredient that can be welcomed as a continuing trend: he has charm.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

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  • 11 out of 11 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Watchable

    Best described as a TV movie. Its an average thriller that fails to bring out the best in a decent cast. I'm usually a big fan of Vince Vaughn but the villain in Starsky & Hutch was a more suited role than this one. Travolta is ordinary and Steve Buscemi is wasted as well. On another day I might have given it 3 stars but overall its not a bad film just disappointing, short and predicatble.

      • Raj from Croydon
      • Posted 16 Jun 2005 22:23

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  • 7 out of 8 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Seen it all before.

    Predictable from the start, this is a 'by the numbers' thriller. The two leads trot out the same old hackneyed dialogue until the inevitable 'climax'. Certain plot holes and improbabilities are apparent throughout the film, making this a decidedly average thriller.

    The only extra worth mentioning on the DVD is a director's commentary.

    • sparx
      • sparx from Ipswich
      • Posted 03 Jun 2004 20:12

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