Derailed

Derailed features the romantic pairing of quintessential hot British guy Clive Owen with quintessential cute but sexy American girl-next-door Jennifer Aniston.  How could they go wrong with that?  It’s bound to at least be sexy and fun to watch, right?

WRONG.

I only watched the first 30 minutes or so, but what I gathered was that both Clive and Jen are in unhappy marriages and both have daughters.  They meet on a train (title!), try to begin an elicit affair but on their first night together in a seedy Chicago motel, they like get mugged and it’s very violent and then they start getting blackmailed by the guy that robbed them.  Clive Owen’s daughter is dying of Type I Diabetes (the bad one!) and Jennifer Aniston’s husband is total dick (I guess?).  I turned it off after this.  Also, Clive Owen is an advertising executive, because god forbid we have a movie in which the male protagonist has a job that isn’t ad executive or attorney.  Whatever.

This entry was written by FilmFemme , posted on Monday November 05 2007at 10:11 am , filed under drama, reviews, thriller . Bookmark the permalink . Post a comment below or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

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