Synopsis
A widowed child psychologist lives in an isolated existence in rural New England. When caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever.
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Cast
- Naomi WattsMary Portman
- Oliver PlattDr. Wilson
- David CubittDoug Hart
- Jacob TremblayTom Patterson
- Charlie HeatonStephen Portman
- Crystal BalintGrace
- Clémentine PoidatzLucy
- Ellen DavidJoan
- Tim PostSheriff
- Alexandre BaconAaron
Recommendations
- 40
Time Out
Watts does her usual commendable job with the flatly written character but ultimately, as the title would suggest, she runs into a wall. - 38
Chicago Sun-Times
This is a disappointing waste of good acting talent, coupled with a very pedantic and not very intriguing story from first-time screenwriter Christina Hodson. - 38
RogerEbert.com
The kind of lazy genre hackwork that will inspire more yawns than screams—at least until the final reels, when the sounds of incredulous laughter will no doubt take over. - 30
Los Angeles Times
Despite a strong effort from Naomi Watts, Shut In is more effective as a 90-minute commercial for the L.L. Bean aesthetic than as a pseudo-psychological thriller. - 30
TheWrap
Ideologically, morally, and narratively, the film contains no point of view, no perspective that suggests human beings joined forces to create a piece of art they can stand behind. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
The lurid and unconvincing Shut In should have lived up to its title. - 30
Variety
As thrillers go, Shut In is conspicuously short of thrills. It’s an undistinguished and predictable hodgepodge, so blandly generic as to suggest that it was cobbled together by filmmakers referencing a how-to handbook who picked spare parts from other, better thrillers. - 30
Screen Daily
Most of the story’s credibility goes out the door with the big plot twist.
