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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: Paramount
Salesrank: 74042
Released: August 31, 2004 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
JESSICA SHEPPARD IS A SAN FRANCISCO POLICE INSPECTOR LOOKING FOR A SERIAL KILLER WHOSE VICTIMS ALL HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON: HER. THE INVESTIGATION BECOMES TWISTED AS HER PARTNER BEHAVES STRANGELY & THE COMMISSIONER IS ASKED TO REMOVE HER FROM THE INVESTIGATION. EVEN JESSICA BEGINS TO SUSPECT HERSELF.
Description of Twisted (Full Screen Edition):
With a tawdry plot and a short list of suspects, Twisted gives armchair detectives an easy chance to figure out whodunit. Critics roasted this pulpy potboiler, in which Ashley Judd (attempting to repeat the thriller success she had with Double Jeopardy and High Crimes) plays a San Francisco homicide detective who is her own prime suspect in an ongoing serial murder case, in which all of the victims are men she recently slept with. These one-night stands, and a problem with alcoholic blackouts, make Judd's wine-drinking character the loose cannon on the case, and her partner (Andy Garcia) and police commissioner mentor (Samuel L. Jackson) have their own reasons for wanting the case to close. Apparently nobody bothered to point out numerous weaknesses in Sarah Thorp's B-movie screenplay, and with no apparent interest in the proceedings, director Philip Kaufman (The Right Stuff) allows Judd to look silly, Garcia to overact, and the whole movie to unfold in murky darkness and dimly lit rooms. Kaufman, Judd, and her costars are capable of better. --Jeff Shannon
Twisted (Full Screen Edition) Reviews:
GOOD VERSION OF THE "DID I DO IT" FILM 
2009-10-25 - Never saw Ashley Judd before but she certainly has the look and the moves to make this film a good one. Some fairly brutal shots but, on the whole, more of a who-done-it than a bang 'em up show. Jackson handles his role with authority while the rest of the cast mostly support nicely. Actually, much as an old fashioned mystery, pretty much plays fair with the audience as to the what, if not the who, at the core of it all. In summary, quite a neat 90+ minute package.
TWISTED...Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman
2009-09-08 - I think you will like this movie if you are an Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman fan. Full of suspence and what a twist at the end. This is an older movie, but if you like a good mystery you should see it.
At Least It Doesn't 'Stink' 
2009-06-16 - I had heard several people say, "Don't rent this movie; it stinks," but took a shot anyway because Ashley Judd is appealing (looks-wise) to me. Well, I wouldn't buy the film but it worth the rental. It wasn't bad at all.
It was a decent "serial killer movie" except for the ending which went on too long and got a bit sappy, but a lot of movies are know for that. However, by the end, all the characters (including Judd's "Jessica Shepard") had worn thin and I was glad to see it end.
I also had heard that the ending was easy to figure out but I didn't find that. So, don't believe everything you hear; it's nothing to spend a lot of money on, but you could do a lot worse.
Interesting concept
2008-09-24 - San Francisco Police Officer Jessica Sheperd (Judd) is going for the big time. She's just gotten a promotion from beat cop to Inspector in Homicide, which is a dream job. She's got a lot to prove since her Dad was a serial killer who ended his spate of deaths by killing Jessica's Mom and then himself.
But, she's got the Police Commissioner (Jackson) on her side. John Mills (Jackson) took the 6-year-old orphan of his former partner and raised her to be the best cop around. He predicts Jessica will be the next Police Chief.
But, Jessica's got a dark secret. She's haunted by her father's actions and she's burying those ghosts with alcohol and sexual encounters.
When her former sexual partners start showing up dead and she's having blank spells, Jessica and most everyone else suspect her of being the killer. But is she?
While "Twisted" is weak in some areas, the mystery is still there. This is one of the better acting jobs by Judd, who really goes from luminous to haunted in the space of a few minutes.
Rebecca Kyle, September 2008
So inept, it's ALMOST intriguing... 
2008-04-13 - TERRIBLE script with no thrills AT ALL, and a "least likely suspect" you see coming a mile away (since there are only three principal characters in the movie.) Ashley Judd is, at best, mis-cast, playing a hard-bitten SF cop like she was auditioning for the New Mouskateers. An utterly mediocre movie by a good director - the only real mystery.
