Abandoned (2010)

Highly Overrated But Still Good

A lot of fun.

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

I watched this film only to see Brittany Murphy and because the plot summary sounded interesting. As it turned out, those were the only reasons to watch this movie.While there are a few holes in it, this plot could make for a reasonably good film. There are some parallels in this story to Hitchcock's "The Lady Vanishes", just substitute boyfriend for lady and change the setting from a train to a hospital. However, all similarities to Hitchcock's classic end there, especially when it comes to quality.Murphy plays a young woman, Mary Walsh, who takes her boyfriend, Kevin Peterson (played by Dean Cain), to have outpatient surgery on his leg. She goes to the cafeteria while he is prepped for surgery, which is supposed to last about an hour. Several hours later, he's nowhere to be found, she's frantically searching, and no one believes her story. At this point, everyone begins to think that she is crazy and Mary even begins to have some doubts. The only other person who gives her the benefit of a doubt is Detective Franklin (Jay Pickett). Is she crazy or is there something more sinister at work here?Although not one of her top outings, Murphy does her best with the material she has, which wasn't much. There are two other 'name' actors in the film, Dean Cain and Mimi Rogers. Having seen Cain in a few things, this wasn't one of his better performances in my opinion. As for Mimi Rogers, her considerable acting talents were wasted in the role of the hospital administrator, Ms. Markham. Of the supporting players, Jay Pickett does a credible job as Detective Franklin.That pretty much leaves the weight of the movie, and its considerable flaws, solely on the shoulders of Ms. Murphy. Unfortunately, it just doesn't work.While the plot was okay, I thought the writing was weak at best. At times, the actors appear to be waiting for each other to come up with a better line than the ones they had to say next. In the end, there is just too much wrong here to recommend this to anyone but Brittany's fans and those who have nothing else to do for an hour and a half.All of us who enjoyed her acting and remember her at her best will miss Brittany. Although most of her later roles were not great, I still thought she had potential for a career revival as she matured as an actress into her 30's. Sadly, she never got the opportunity and her fans will only have fond memories of how good she could be.

I gotta say, I love movies where there is some suspense mixed in with the main character going seemingly crazy. This was Murphy's last movie and she looked like she was completely sick in this movie. Although the movie had a good plot with a great theme, I just couldn't concentrate and get pass the horrible look of Brittany Murphy. She looks like a trailer trash junkie thrown in a business suit! Only an idiot would believe that she was actually an executive banker! Throughout the movie,her hair looks as though it hasn't been washed in weeks, she has huge bangs under her eyes,she is as thin as a rail and the big "OMG, WTF were they thinking" part was her badly blonde-dyed and bushy eyebrows!Why did they have to make her blonde. Was it really necessary for the part? I thought it was really weird that after dating someone for 4 months you don't have any pictures with them and none of your friends and family have ever seen this "mystery" lover. This was the best concept of this movie. I can honestly say that the movie is great (I've seen it more than once) but the acting and look of Murphy bombed! If you can stand to sit through watching a nasty looking Murphy for 2 hours, then go for it. It's sad that this was her last movie look!

This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. The story line is the WORST. I don't know how it can see the light of production. There are so many holes in the plot. There is no logic at all. First of all, when you make a wire transfer, it takes TIME for the money to actually transferring to the account. Second, if they just try to threaten her with her boyfriend's life into wiring them money, why do they have to do it in a hospital, where there are MANY potential witnesses. They could have just kidnapped him from their home. There are many others. I am just tired to point all them out. The acting is terrible. The first second, she was pointing a gun at somebody, like a pro. The next second, she was gasping in shock, like a little school girl.

Honestly don't know why this movie is getting bad reviews, I thought it was pretty good. It kept me distracted from my phone and iPad so it grabbed my attention right from the start. And I didn't see the way the movie ended coming at all, loved the twist at the end. I would watch it again for sure. Or perhaps my judgement towards this movie is clouded because I watched a really bad movie just before it. Anyway this movie gets straight to the point it and doesn't drag on at all and I thought Brittany Murphy did a decent performance in this movie. The only, kind of, downfall is that the whole movie is basically shot in one hospital, but nevertheless The movie is very entertaining and the suspense keeps building up right until the end were all will be revealed.