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Right at Your Door

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Right at Your Door (2007)

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Reviews Counted:53

Fresh:37

Rotten:16

Average Rating:6.4/10

Consensus: Though Right at Your Door dips into melodrama at the end, it's an otherwise tense, effective, and eerily plausible doomsday scenario.

Rated: 15

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:08-09-2006

Synopsis: With a finely honed craft and skill that belie its budget, Right at Your Door is a remarkable debut for its director, Chris Gorak. It begins on a beautiful, sunny morning in Los Angeles, where Brad... With a finely honed craft and skill that belie its budget, Right at Your Door is a remarkable debut for its director, Chris Gorak. It begins on a beautiful, sunny morning in Los Angeles, where Brad (Rory Cochrane) has just kissed his wife, Lexi (Mary McCormack), off to work and started his day when the radio reports the detonation of a bomb. Announcements of additional explosions and an ominous, possibly toxic, cloud blowing ash across the L.A. basin quickly follow. With roads immediately closed off and phone contact elusive, Brad makes the decision to seal himself into his home, accomplishing the task with the assistance of a neighbor's handyman, Alvaro (Tony Perez), while awaiting his wife's return until... Right at Your Door perfectly portrays the realities of this kind of attack–the isolation and fear, the panic, the frustration, and the media misinformation. When authority arrives, the anticipated help may, in fact, be anything but. Gorak and his collaborators demonstrate a restraint and attention to detail that multiply the effect of both the personal and public crises. This is ambitious and accomplished storytelling, wonderfully conceived and executed, that stands apart from similarly themed, multimillion-dollar extravaganzas that have nowhere near the tension, thoughtfulness, and impact of this very independent feature. --© Sundance Film Festival [More]

Starring: Mary McCormack, Rory Cochrane

Starring: Mary McCormack, Rory Cochrane

Director: Chris Gorak

Director: Chris Gorak
Screenwriter: Chris Gorak
Producer: Palmer West, Jonah Smith
Composer: Tomandandy
Studio: Roadside Attractions

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An intimate disaster drama that gets under the skin like a virulent toxin.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
06/13/07
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Channel 4 Film
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A vivid portrait of a town in crisis.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
01/27/07
Xan Brooks
Xan Brooks
Guardian [UK]
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What starts out as a horrible, even tragic set-up ends up feeling more like a so-so episode of The Twilight Zone.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
09/23/06
Ben Walters
Ben Walters
Time Out
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Movies about moral choices work if we can relate to the characters’ motivations, but that never happens here.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
09/23/06
David Edwards
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]

This is a powerful and well-told debut from Chris Gorak.

Full Review Source: FilmFocus | comment Comment
09/23/06
Joe Utichi
Joe Utichi
FilmFocus

A necessary counter-argument to the wave of patriotic 9/11 movies, this homes in on the other side of disaster and rings horribly true in the wake of the Washington anthrax scare and post-Katrina New Orleans.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
09/23/06
Kim Newman
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine
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Intense, harrowing and claustrophobic drama with strong performances and a judiciously aimed kick at both the authorities and the media.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
09/23/06
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

A tough, pitiless film.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
09/23/06
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

It's an impressive, if relentlessly depressing, piece of work.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
09/05/06
Paul Arendt
Paul Arendt
BBC
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McCormack and Cochrane are both amazing, giving outrageously raw performances that leave us breathless most of the time.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
07/06/06
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Peter Keough
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix

A realistic chilling post-9/11 doomsday film.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
02/15/09
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Right At Your Door effectue en somme un retour fracassant sur les deux dernières grandes tragédies ayant secoué la population états-unienne.

Full Review Source: Panorama | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jean-François Vandeuren
Jean-François Vandeuren
Panorama
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07/17/08
Matt Pais
Matt Pais
Metromix.com

As a story, it's about twice as long as it should be, but as a horror experience, it's just about right.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
02/09/08
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
DVDTalk.com

...a low-key yet sporadically tense drama...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
01/31/08
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

While Brad fumes in his tight shots, Lexi is mobile.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
10/19/07
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

Nightmarish.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
09/08/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader

The acting’s pretty good, and the cinematography keeps things lively.

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09/01/07
Neil Genzlinger
Neil Genzlinger
New York Times
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The agitated, theatrical dialogue reaches frenzied, jackhammer proportions even during the film's supposed quiet moments; it's thoroughly draining.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
08/30/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
 
 
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