
A senior at an elite college, already under severe pressure to complete her thesis and land a prestigious job, must confront the sudden reappearance of her old boyfriend, after his two-year, unexplained absence.... (Full plot summary below)
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A senior at an elite college, already under severe pressure to complete her thesis and land a prestigious job, must confront the sudden reappearance of her old boyfriend, after his two-year, unexplained absence.
Leave your thoughts about Abandon.
| Film BlatherEugene NovikovI don't see why a movie was made out of so banal a story, or why Gaghan works in such a portentious style. |
| Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionBill WymanChallenging, intermittently engrossing and unflaggingly creative. But it's too long and too convoluted and it ends in a muddle. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaO ritmo lento e o final previsível (e absurdo) comprometem o filme irremediavelmente. |
| Ebert & RoeperRichard RoeperIt's light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness, and there are moments of jaw-droppingly odd behavior -- yet I found it weirdly appealing. |
| Arizona RepublicBill Muller... expands the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse, turning into a black hole of dullness, from which no interesting concept can escape. |
| Chicago TribuneMark CaroThe biggest surprise may be what the filmmaker doesn't show; he withholds a big dramatic payoff, so the audience must fill in the blanks. |
| Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)Josh LarsenWhat begins as yet another school-set thriller gradually evolves into something more psychologically layered. |
| Dallas Morning NewsTom Maurstad[The title's] unintentional effect is to presage the sense of torment the viewer experiences as he or she is buried deep inside the movie's unrewarding ramblings. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordOne would think that the adapter of "Traffic" would know that swilling vodka shots...would be unlikely to produce a psychedelically 'connected' state |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenNot terribly original but a well-made psychological thriller with fine performances. |