Too much of everything

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

"Don't Say a Word" is a mystery thriller movie in which we watch a psychiatrist trying to find his daughter after she was kidnapped from a group of people who don't want money but only an information. This information is a secret that only a woman knows and she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. His goal is to break through this woman and discover this secret in order to get his daughter back.I enjoyed this movie because I didn't have high expectations for it since I was already informed by its trailer and some reviews that I have already read. It has a well-written script with some good scenes and an interesting plot that I believe it's the most important advantage of this movie. I also liked the interpretations of Michael Douglas who played as Dr. Nathan R. Conrad and Brittany Murphy who played as Elisabeth Burrows but I believe that both didn't reach their original potential. The direction which was made by Gary Fleder was poor with a few good scenes and nothing more.Finally, I believe that "Don't Say a Word" is a good average movie with a decent and interesting plot that keeps you intense and interested in the whole duration of it. I recommend for everyone to see it because I am sure that you are going to have a great time watching it but don't have high expectations for it because you are going to be disappointed.

Have to say anyone who talk trash on this movie is a joke! This movie is at his very best! Unreal to think this move not good. Best thriller I've ever seen! After careful look at his past movies...this one deeply impacted me the most! Two thumbs up for this movie!Renowned psychiatrist Nathan Conrad (Douglas) is a happy family man up until his daughter (Bartusiak) is kidnapped by a bitter thief (Bean) and his crew. In order to get his kid back, Conrad has to get some information out of a mental case chick (Murphy) in the nut house. You see, she knows the whereabouts of a valuable stone the thieves got suckered out of 10 years ago and they really want it back. Great Plot this movie!

"Don't Say A Word" is an entertaining "race against time" thriller with plenty of action, some good acting and a few neat twists. Visually, it's easy on the eye and its plot involves bank robbery, murder and kidnapping as well as an ordinary man who has to do something extraordinary in order to save the life of his child. The stakes are high and the tension grows steadily until things become even more desperate as time starts to run out. Interestingly, the story has a few different strands which eventually converge and the pace of the action is lively throughout.A gang breaks into a bank and steals just one high value item (a gem worth $10 million) but after making a clean getaway, it's soon discovered that one of the criminals has double-crossed his associates and has absconded with the jewel. The other gang members then hunt him down and kill him in a subway station.Ten years later, after having served their time in prison, the gang kidnap the 8-year-old daughter of Dr Nathan Conrad (Michael Douglas) who's a highly respected New York psychiatrist. Conrad is a specialist in dealing with teenage patients and the kidnappers demand that he elicit from one of his patients a 6-digit number which is buried somewhere in her troubled mind. Jessie Conrad (Skye McCole Bartusiak) is abducted early in the morning of Thanksgiving Day and Dr Conrad is given until 5.00pm to get the necessary information. If he fails Jessie will be killed.Elisabeth Burrows (Brittany Murphy) is a particularly challenging patient who has been institutionalised for many years and has displayed a confusing variety of symptoms. Conrad eventually gains her cooperation when he tells her that his daughter has been kidnapped and through his efforts, it's gradually discovered that her trauma originated in an incident, which happened ten years earlier when she saw her father being killed by the gang who'd committed the bank robbery. The significance of the 6-digit number then becomes clear, as it's a vital piece of information which could enable the gang to locate the stolen gem.Sean Bean gives a strong performance as the vicious gang leader and powerfully projects just how cold, clever and threatening his character really is. The way that he uses surveillance equipment to watch Dr Conrad's family before and after Jessie's abduction is also very scary as it quickly becomes clear that the gang can see everything that the family do at all times and Conrad's wife Aggie (Famke Janssen) is particularly vulnerable as she's bedridden with a broken leg.Michael Douglas is typically polished as an ordinary professional man who loves his family and then becomes desperate and fearful when his daughter's life is threatened and he's given an absurdly tight deadline within which to meet the criminals' unreasonable demands.Britanny Murphy is fantastic as the mentally disturbed teenager with a history of having violent outbursts and patterns of behaviour that have puzzled the professionals for some years. The power and intensity that she brings to the part is surprisingly strong and believable and makes her performance one that's definitely not to be missed.

'Don't Say a Word' covers familiar territory, to say the least. The first few minutes shows us what Dr. Nathan Conrad is in for: A jewel he must find to get his kidnapped daughter back. For the most part, the movie does work, and Sean Bean makes an effective villain. What didn't work for me, however, were the scenes where this poor doctor has to visit a mental patient (played by Murphy). I didn't buy her as this character. Or maybe it was they way she was acting, I don't know. She should have been either less shy, or more crazy. Take her scenes away, and this movie could have better than it is. I do give the movie credit for trying to be original, but the half of the movie featuring Murphy is a misfire.**1/2 out of ****