Synopsis
A suburban housewife is forced to fend for herself when she becomes stranded in a desolate forest with four murderous thugs.
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Cast
- Kim BasingerDella
- Lukas HaasChuckie
- Craig ShefferKenneth
- Luke GairTerri
- Leonard WuVingh
- Luis ChávezTomas
- Rachel HaywardLynn
- Jamie StarrHuey
- Alana HusbandLingerie Sales Assistant
- Katie MessinaCoffee Sales Person
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L.A. Weekly
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. - 50
The New York Times
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. - 25
New York Post
Directed by Susan Montford, While She Was Out is a straight-to-DVD movie making a brief stop in theaters. - 20
Los Angeles Times
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.