Trespass

R

Released Oct 14, 2011

1 hr. 30 min.

Mystery & Thriller

List

9%

76 Reviews

Tomatometer

22%

5,000+ Ratings

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Fast-talking diamond dealer Kyle Miller (Nicolas Cage) and his wife, Sarah (Nicole Kidman), live the good life in a beautiful home surrounded by thick woods. Their dream life turns into a nightmare when violent thieves, led by Elias (Ben Mendelsohn), invade their home disguised as police officers. With Kyle and Sarah now frightened captives, Kyle knows he must use every negotiating trick in his book, for once Elias and his men get what they want, the Millers will likely be killed.

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Critics Consensus

Another claustrophobic thriller that Joel Schumacher can churn out in his sleep, Trespass is nasty and aggressive, more unpleasant than entertaining.

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Justin S

If the amped-up damsel in distress nonsense doesn’t give you an instant headache, the waste of the talent brought in to execute this woeful movie will definitely have you reaching for the Nurofen. Even Nic has done much better things. Nuff said.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/25/24

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Audience Member

Nothing wrong with a good thriller with a good cast.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/17/24

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John S

Watchable. Some good story ideas, but badly handed - could/should have been miles better. Missed opportunity. Lousy ending.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/23/24

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Jake D

Look: this is a Joel Schumacher thriller starring Nicolas Cage, where his opening lines are spent establishing that a lot of people don't understand that diamonds are worth money. At 90 minutes, you get your moneysworth. Ben Mendelsohn with a mustache loses control of his heist crew. Nic Cage goes full Cage a few times in unsuccessful attempts to get his family out of harm's way, before using blood loss as an excuse to stop trying. Nicole Kidman's first five lines are fully Australian and she spends the entire film including flashbacks completely barefoot. This movie doesn't understand how storytelling, fire, guns, or codes work. The performances range from earnest to underwhelming, none of the sequences are as tense as the movie clearly thinks they are, and the "twists" rely on people either lying or being mentally ill. It's not a good film, but it's short enough that it's never boring.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/24

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Jeff M

Career low for Kidman, one of many for Cage. Preposterous hostage drama. No one worth rooting for.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/24

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Test T

It was better than the critics lead me to expect. I quite enjoyed the beginning, although it did start losing it's appeal later on. I quite liked some of the ideas within the story, but they wern't developed well enough to achieve their full potential. One of the problems with a movie like this is that most of the scenes are set in the families house at night. This might be good for keeping the film's budget on track, but for the viewer it's repetative and dull to watch. To overcome this the acting and story would need to be truly amazing, which clearly in this case they aren't. A dull movie like this needs some Hollywood magic like some nice outdoor locations, a catchy soundtrack, some helicopter footage, a chase sequence? The people who made this movie appear to have forgotten the basics.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/28/23

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Nicolas Cage

Kyle Miller

Nicole Kidman

Sarah Miller

Ben Mendelsohn

Elias

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Candice Frederick

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It gets increasingly worse as it progresses, heightened by terrible acting all around and a poor script.

Rated: F+

Sep 8, 2017

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Starting with writer Karl Gajdusek's inane screenplay, the film is a hodgepodge of clichs that gets worse and worse as it goes along. So bad it's almost wonderful, this is one motion picture that almost needs to be seen to be believed.

Rated: .5/4

Jan 27, 2012

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Philip Wilding

Empire Magazine

Cloth-eared dialogue saps the tension, while the plot twists with the likelihood of a Brett Ratner rehearsal session. Leave your disbelief at the door.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 18, 2011

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Daniel Barnes

Dare Daniel

A mindlessly perfunctory and progressively annoying 1A thriller that barrages you with standoffs, fake-outs, double-crosses and twists, twists, twists!

Rated: 1.5/5

Sep 5, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

As home invasion movies go, Trespass is a bad one, so bad even Cage’s usual over-the-top routine fails to eke out some entertainment value.

Rated: 1/4

Mar 7, 2023

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Brandon Collins

Medium Popcorn

Incredibly entertaining. Nic Cage was at a 15 in this!

Rated: 3/5

Jan 27, 2021

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Synopsis

Fast-talking diamond dealer Kyle Miller (Nicolas Cage) and his wife, Sarah (Nicole Kidman), live the good life in a beautiful home surrounded by thick woods. Their dream life turns into a nightmare when violent thieves, led by Elias (Ben Mendelsohn), invade their home disguised as police officers. With Kyle and Sarah now frightened captives, Kyle knows he must use every negotiating trick in his book, for once Elias and his men get what they want, the Millers will likely be killed.

Director: Joel Schumacher
Executive Producer: Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, John Thompson
Screenwriter: Karl Gajdusek
Distributor: Millennium Films
Production Co: Millennium Films
Rating: R (Some Brief Drug Use|Pervasive Language|Violence and Terror)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 14, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.8K
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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