While She Was Out

    While She Was Out
    2008

    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

    Recommandations

    • 70

      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.