Abandon

Pros: Plot was somewhat interesting
Cons: Slow moving. Boring at times. Not really suspenseful

When I first saw previews for the movie Abandon, I thought it looked like it would be good and I decided that I wanted to see it. I didn't see it when it was in the theaters. It was recently released on DVD and VHS. I rented it one night ...

Pros: Set-up; Deschanel and Bratt.
Cons: Follow-through; Holmes.

Stephen Gaghan's Abandon is a failure, yet it's such an intriguing and respectable one that I find myself a bit disheartened at having to give it a non-recommendation. As it is, the film is mostly interesting yet not compulsively so, moderately ...

Pros: Kept my interest.
Cons: Nothing extaordinary about it.

I love a good psychological thriller. I love the mystery, and I love the insanity. I also find that it is a good measure of an actor or actress, to play someone who is actually insane or deeply disturbed. Because I feel this is a good way to judge ...

Pros: acting, script, ending, plot twist, smart
Cons: slow, tame

Rarely is the title of a movie so important to its actual context. While almost every movie is about its title; the theme of Abandonment in this one is the motive for how everything molds together. Abandoned by her father when she was a small child,...

Pros: Katie, Zooey, the music and cinematography, underlying intelligence.
Cons: The ending is expected and many characters/plot points convoluted.

ABANDON is a Paramount Pictures/Spyglass Entertainment presentation, rated PG-13 for drug and alcohol content, sexuality, some violence and language. This 98 minute-long film opened October 18, 2002.

INTRODUCTION
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Pros: Stylish, atmospheric. Katie Holmes
Cons: Too slow, too low-key

"Abandon" is an interesting movie that, while flawed in few regards, still has some positives. A f ...

Pros: interesting idea
Cons: predictable

Summary: Katie Burke (Katie Holmes) is a star student at a prestigious Ivy League university. She is supported by well-deserved scholarships and seems to be able to pick and choose whom she will date. However, when she was a young undergraduate student ...

Pros: Strong performances by all involved and some very exotic directing.
Cons: Only Katie Holmes, the detective, and the old boyfriend seem rooted in the story.

If "Abandon" represents director Stephen Gaghan taking some much-deserved downtime after writing Traffic (which he said he was) I'd really like to see what he's capable of when actually exerting himself. Abandon is chock-full of dread, courtesy of...

Pros: Last 5-10 minutes of the movie
Cons: horribly slow paced, perdictable after the second Embry sighting.

Katie Holmes- Kathy Charlie Hunnam- Embry Benjamin Bratt- Wade Handler (detective) Abandon was one of the worst movies i have seen in a LONG time. It begins with introducing the main charater Kathy (Katie Holmes), showing her as a hard working, overl ...

Pros: Hot guy
Cons: No plot

Abandon

Abandon is a poor excuse for someone who is trying to make a movie scary. The story line tries so hard to be scary with dark scenes and mystery but it just doesn’t cut it. It does although have a few good twists and a little humor...

Pros: Oh My God! Chris Hunnam is gorgeous!
Cons: Really not that easy to get it into.

I believe that this movie was definitly thought up by a extremely creative inividual. This movie is really great if you are used to the plot line jumping every which way. Flash backs and fast forwards all add to this complicated and somewhat boring...

Pros: Very suspenseful and unpredictable plot
Cons: The love between Katie and Wade seems a bit contrived, but necessary to the plot.

The movie "Abandon" is one of those movies that you are trying the whole time to figure out what is going on.
You discover at the very beginning that smoldering mystery man Embry has been missing in action not only from his...

Pros: Interesting plot with several twists. Ending takes you by surprise.
Cons: Hard to follow "flash backs" and unrealistic relationships between characters.

This movie was interesting because you were constantly left wondering what was real and what was delusion on the part of the main character, an over-achieving, insecure, college female. Complex flash backs give the observer a growing awareness of the...

Pros: Ummm.... it has a hot woman in it?
Cons: everything else

I'm going to start off with a bold statement:
This is the WORST movie I have ever seen in my life.

There, now that I have that out of the way, let's talk about the movie.

It starts of with Katie Holmes, who character is...

Pros: Interesting, Charlie Hunnam, many twists and turns.
Cons: A bit slow at times, confusing ending.

I've seen this movie about 12 times. Once by myself, once with each of my sisters, once with my mom, ...