macpet49-1 I should have known. I don't know how many times I've been conned into watching a movie because I thought it had the more talented of the Bridges brothers in it and realized yet again it was a less than B movie with the big B, Beau, in it! Never watch anything with Beau Bridges. He picks films like someone in a bad lottery. I think he just doesn't like to work that hard. I'm trying very hard to remember it's Beau I must fear, not the other Bridges boy. If they are both in the same film, better to discard that one also. It's most likely a clunker his brother foisted on him. It's probably a hangover of fondness for his father and his hairy chest I never got over as a gay child addicted to 'Sea Hunt' which I watched for years just to see a near nude man which wasn't allowed in the 50s. Come to think of it, he wasn't very talented either except for the swimming.

fbear0143 I can't be so cruel as the reviewer who said the film should never have been made, but it certainly would not be a critical success for me. Aside from the gratuitous final line that is surely designed to inspire confusion, the film was so predictable that I was at least two steps ahead of the plot at every turn. But then solid understanding of the film noir tradition might have helped, as we see the twists and rapid resolution applied to so many other types of pictures these days. One sitting for this one is, however, more than enough.Oh, the visuals are good, lighting, etc, but the story simply doesn't approach engrossing

k-hill I watched this film without having read any reviews or heard anything about it. The fact that it contained Selma Blair, Amy Smart and Kevin Pollack was enough of a recommendation for me. Unlike some of the other reviewers, I was not disappointed. In fact, I was somewhat startled by the number of negative reactions. I guess they are fans of shoot em ups while I like a more atmospheric, intellectual movie. This is not a great movie but it is a good movie. I thought of it as a homage to the psychological thrillers of the forties and fifties. Pollak, as always, is superb and both Blair and Smart do credible turns. The twist at the end is fairly predictable but at the same time satisfying. Well worth watching, at home, on a chilly evening.

p-stepien A murder of an elderly lady resident in the high rise apartments of Columbus Circle initiates the story. However the death is made to seem to be an unfortunate accident with her falling down a flight of stairs. Despite reservations by detective Frank Giardello (Giovanni Ribisi) the crime is noted as accidental. Opposite the apartment lives reclusive and agoraphobic Abigail (Selma Blair), a sole heir to an immense fortune, but haunted by memories of fatherly abuse. Soon after the death a new couple move opposite Abigail: the beautiful Lilian Hart (Amy Smart) and her abusive partner Charles Stratford (Jason Lee).Intent on igniting claustrophobic tension camera angles sweep and swerve, music circles and entraps, but overall atmosphere appears in short fits to dissipate thanks to an overall terrible performing cast, visibly unconvinced by the story being portrayed. Especially Blari and Smart fail to induce a sense of feasibility, not helped by the wandering script lightening up plot-hole receptors and creating a sense of ever-growing implausibility. The whole story is also overly predictable with clichéd scenes fronted by film school trademark shots completing this unimaginative and borderline repetitive movie. Despite the best Hitchcock inspired intentions "Columbus Circle" requires a high level of gullibility with its occasionally farcical acting.