Memorable, crazy movie

Fantastic!

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

I've seen it twice, at a distance of ten years. Everything is of great quality, original script, impeccable actors play, very careful direction, professional image, in short, a very good film.

I was pleasantly surprised how good this movie was. It was suspenseful, entertaining, and had very good twists. Jennifer, Clive, and Vincent were all excellent. It is one of those movies that still holds my interest even though I had seen it before and know what happens.

2005's "Derailed" tells the story of a man (Clive Owen) who's obviously lost passion for his wife and is dealing with the stress of a daughter with serious medical problems. On the train to work he starts a relationship with a woman (Jennifer Aniston) which slowly veers toward adultery. Things go from bad to worse. Vincent Cassel is featured as the love-to-hate villain.I mainly judge films by whether or not they pull you in and hold your attention. "Derailed" does this in spades. I was also impressed with the writing. Although another reviewer panned the writing as "unbelievable tripe" and "horribly written" the story struck me in a totally opposite manner. Okay, maybe parts of the story are unbelievable, in particular the ending's prison surprise, but how many movies today are truly believable? Some have criticized the story as predictable but I was surprised and impressed by the turns the film takes. And I never saw it coming.I'm not going to say anymore because the less you know the better. Stay away from the reviews that (without warning) give away the entire plot!"Derailed" is a top-of-the-line thriller/drama.GRADE: A

This movie had me on the edge of my seat, the acting was good, the plot was incredible, and Charlie was scripted in a way where you could feel sympathetic and angry at him at the same time.It was one of the more complete plots I have seen in a very long time and I strongly believe this was by far Jennifer Aniston's best acting job. Everything seemed to fit and was extremely well placed.I'd recommend this movie to anyone who is looking for something a little bit different. Clive Owen was phenomenal and the over reaching plot with his daughter in the movie was incredible as well.I don't have anything to really critique the movie on as everything Director Mikael Håfström went with worked extremely well. The character of Frank was also extremely well placed. I will be viewing more work from Mikael and Writer Stuart Beattie off of the quality of this film.True Score: 8.2