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While She Was Out
Anchor Bay Entertainment

While She Was Out reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 40 Metascore out of 100
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MPAA RATING: R for strong violence and language

Starring Kim Basinger, Lukas Haas, Jamie Starr, Leonard Wu, Luis Chavez, and Craig Sheffer

A suburban housewife is forced to fend for herself when she becomes stranded in a desolate forest with four murderous thugs. What starts of as a quick trip to the mall ends in the woods with a fight for her life. All she has is a will to survive. (Proud Mary Entertainment)


GENRE(S): Suspense/Thriller  
WRITTEN BY: Susan Montford  
DIRECTED BY: Susan Montford  
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: December 12, 2008 
RUNNING TIME: 80 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Germany | Canada | USA 

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70
LA Weekly Ernest Hardy
The film, executive-produced by Guillermo del Toro, hinges on a first-rate performance by Basinger, who imbues Della with a fire that makes the film's basic thesis -- both the domestic sphere and the larger world are dangerous places for women -- seem something more than boilerplate.
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50
The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis
Embracing outraged victimhood the way Angelina Jolie embraces a close-up, Ms. Basinger, doing double duty here as an executive producer, appears oblivious to the script's idiocies.
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25
New York Post V.A. Musetto
Directed by Susan Montford, While She Was Out is a straight-to-DVD movie making a brief stop in theaters.
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20
Los Angeles Times Gary Goldstein
Writer-director Susan Montford eschews all plot and character development for the hackneyed action scenes and grade-Z dialogue, while struggling to stretch the paper-thin story into a feature length film.
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