Abandon

Abandon Soundtrack

You can admire Abandon more for what it attempts, as opposed to what it actually achieves. Making his directorial debut after winning an OscarĀ® for scripting Traffic, screenwriter Stephen Gaghan emphasizes character dynamics and time-shifting structure over action and plotting, and the results are intelligent but oddly detached. As a recovering alcoholic detective (Benjamin Bratt) is assigned to reopen the two-year-old disappearance of an arrogant college student, we're drawn into the thoughts and emotions of the missing person's former girlfriend (Katie Holmes), whose behavior--especially when her volatile ex-boyfriend suddenly reappears--is key to the slowly unfolding mystery. Abandon is all about mood and atmosphere--shadowy gloom is dominant throughout--and viewers may grow impatient as the tissue-thin plot leads to an anticlimactic revelation. Still, Gaghan's sharp dialogue draws fine work from Holmes, and his supporting cast (especially Zooey Deschanel and Melanie Lynskey, as fellow students) adds much-needed energy on the fringes of this lugubrious psychological thriller. --Jeff Shannon

Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery
Director: Stephen Gaghan
Stars: Katie Holmes, Benjamin Bratt, Charlie Hunnam
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Year:
2002
98
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1Ice Skating1:20
2First Kiss1:15
3Alibi1:48
4Eye To Eye3:04
5Abandoned0:38
6Suspicion0:31
7Invitation3:20
8Rendezvous1:40
9Comfort Me0:53
10Follow Me Down0:16
11The Camera Never Lies5:15
12Wherever You Go2:10
13Take Me With You5:54
14End Titles3:39

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