A suspenseful "thriller" that could have been a great movie. I say "could have", because it was simply mediocre. Clive Owen carries the movie, but even he isn't at his best due to the bumpy direction. Dialogue doesn't flow or come naturally, and things drag out where they could have been omitted from the movie entirely. The plot in itself is great, and Vincent Cassel steals almost every scene he's in, but I found myself wanting to fast forward through parts of it. I don't think this was a great vehicle for Jennifer Aniston. She doesn't take as big a role in the movie as the trailers lead us to believe, when she does have dialogue, too often she's limited to squeals and whimpers. I can't say I didn't like Derailed, but it's definitely not one of those movies I'd want to watch again.
Review of Derailed
