Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

This is some community on the Maryland shore where apparently everyone is just gentleman about things. Where else except among the English aristocracy would an ex-husband like John Travolta be invited to his ex-wife's wedding? I think that most people would find that an awkward situation.But it's more than awkward when Travolta's son Matthew O'Leary stows along and sees Vince Vaughn his mother's new husband kill someone and dispose of the body. He tells dad and that gets Travolta to investigating Vaughn. He proves quite adept as a detective, better than the local Mayberry like police they have in the area.Vince has got quite a past from the rackets, but he's sold himself well to his surroundings. It all comes out in the end of course.It's not a bad story, but it was given a mediocre production. Best in the film is young Matthew O'Leary. Most of the rest of the cast just walks through their roles. A shining exception is Steve Buscemi who always is playing sleazebags. In Domestic Disturbance he's at his sleaziest.For fans of Travolta and Buscemi.

The title I must say is cleverly catchy. Vaughn in one of his best roles, where he actually acts, plays a man with a not so inviting past, and is prone to violence. Only problem is, he's about to marry Travolta's ex, Teri Polo, who's juvenile of a son is unaccepting of the arrangement, distrustful of him. Travolta too isn't too happy about this either, but his son's words of warning fall on death ears, as this sounds like just another ploy, to get Mummy And Daddy hitched again. Vaughn is really unnerving in this. Too, at the most baddest of timing, a shady acquaintance of Vaughn's, (Buscemi, who's very good) pops back into his life threatening to put a rift into Vaughn's seemingly happy life, by spilling the beans, where soon he has to be taken out of the equation. Domestic Disturbance comes off pretty much as a barely adequate psychological thriller/drama if something that just slips through, to earn a cinema release. It's mostly a drama than anything else, no real thrills or surprises at all, this, more a disappointment, where this is from the guy who brought you Sea Of love and Malice. Travolta isn't anything special. In fact he's rather ordinary where ex (Polo) is much better where the son was very good too. Most twists of suspense fall flat, where this film could of been much more. What has eventuated, is a sheer just slipping through the cracks, thriller, one that rides on a linear or thin plot. The opening beaty music score with daunting tones was about the best thing I liked about the film. Lightweight, standard drama fare.

Susan Morrison gets married to wealthy industrialist Rick Barnes. Danny, her teenage son with ex-husband Frank, isn't happy about this; he stows away in Rick's car one night, planning to go to Frank's house.But while there, he witnesses Rick murdering mysterious stranger Ray Coleman.Problem is, Rick's managed to dispose of most of the evidence, and he's considered a pillar of the community, while Danny has a history of lying.Frank believes him, though, and does some investigating of his own, as Rick's shady past slowly catches up to him and his new family....A movie of the week, gets that little bit better thanks to Travoltas performance and Vaughn on full psycho mode. The annoying things about these films are that you know who the bad guy is, but the red herrings and the narrative of these films just make you want to shout at the screen.As soon as we meet Vaughn, you know the guy is trouble, he offers travolta work and is just too nice, never a good sign. Cracks begin to show when we are introduced to Buscemi, arguably the best thing here. And then Vaughn has a heated game of catch with his new stepson....Bad news.It's all as predictable as the slew of films that were released in the early nineties, pacific heights, unlawful entry, single white female, and nothing new has been added to the mix here to make it different.It's an easy watch, with good performances from the cast, and thats it really.

If you like movies about people who use sincerity to hide a dark side, then "Domestic Disturbance" is for you. But if you're looking for something with a twist on the genre, then you'd better look elsewhere. This movie has absolutely nothing fresh in it, but it makes up for that as pure entertainment. Unlike "The Stepfather", this one has a new character, the ex of the woman whom the stepfather is about to marry. Stop me if you've heard this one: A man's ex-wife marries a very suspicious man, kid starts suspecting something's wrong, kid witnesses his evil stepfather kill someone, everyone (but the uncle) doubts the kid until it's almost too late, evil stepfather tries beating the hell out of everyone, everyone else lives happily ever after.*** out of ****