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While She Was Out (2008)

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Reviews Counted:14

Fresh:5

Rotten:9

Average Rating:4.7/10

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: While She Was Out, stars Academy Award®-winner Kim Basinger (L.A. Confidential, 8 Mile) and Emmy®-nominee Lukas Haas (Alpha Dog, The Ryan White Story). While She Was Out was executive produced...

Basinger delivers perhaps the most audacious performance of her career as Della, a suburban housewife, caught in a nightmare of violence and desperation as she is mercilessly stalked by a group of young thugs. Armed with only a toolbox and the will to survive, Della is engaged in a fight for her life and has to make it through the night or succumb to the rabid predators. Haas plays the manipulative psychopath leading the gang on their murderous rampage.--© Anchor Bay Entertainment [More]

Starring: Kim Basinger, Luke Haas, Craig Sheffer

Director: Sarah Montford

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1/5	Mike Bracken	If you ever found yourself wondering what First Blood would have been like with Kim Basinger playing John Rambo, then wonder no more-just run to the video store, grab a copy of While She Was Out and prepare to be astounded-for all the wrong reasons. Full Review \| Comment \| Jul., 29 2009 09:33 AM	The Horror Geek
2/4	Christian Toto	Never mess with an Oscar winner reduced to straight to DVD rubbish. Full Review \| Comment \| Jul., 08 2009 07:24 AM	What Would Toto Watch?
	Jeffrey M. Anderson	It's filled with fascinating ideas, bringing it just a notch above your standard-issue exploitation flick. Full Review \| Comment \| May., 01 2009 03:15 AM	Combustible Celluloid
	Staci Layne Wilson	Imagine a Lifetime revenge-themed movie of the week intercut with a few death scenes from the cutting room floor of a Final Destination flick. Full Review \| Comment \| Apr., 05 2009 11:04 AM	Horror.com
5.25/10	Avi Offer	starts out quite compelling, but quickly it quickly loses steam because it lacks imagination and fails to maintain any credible suspense or thrills throughout. Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 31 2009 07:08 PM	NYC Movie Guru
	Andrew L. Urban	Lots of edgy night chasing and some tense moments, but the resolution is a tad disappointing Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 23 2009 08:53 PM	Urban Cinefile
1.5/5	Uncle Creepy	This one should have been released around Thanksgiving instead of Christmas because it is indeed a turkey! Full Review \| Comment \| Dec., 21 2008 04:51 AM	Dread Central
1.5/5	Jules Brenner	Kudos to whoever came up with the title. The rest of you are fired. Full Review \| Comment \| Dec., 17 2008 05:50 PM	Filmcritic.com
	Moriarty	[Kim] Basinger does truly exceptional work in this intimate thriller that marks a promising debut for [Susan] Montford as a writer/director. Full Review \| Comment \| Dec., 16 2008 11:41 AM	Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews
1.5/5	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. Full Review \| Comment \| Dec., 12 2008 01:23 PM	Los Angeles Times
D	Brian Orndorf	Lukas Haas as the harbinger of Joy Division-fueled doom? I've seen gusts of wind with more menace than Haas, an unfortunate fact that seems to elude Montford's field of vision. Full Review \| Comment \| Dec., 11 2008 01:34 PM	BrianOrndorf.com
	Ernest Hardy	The emotionally bruised air that�s frequently made Kim Basinger tabloid fodder is also a defining characteristic of her acting style. Full Review \| Comment \| Dec., 11 2008 09:54 AM	L.A. Weekly
	Andrew Sarris	The spectacular ending will make every harried housewife in the world ecstatic. Full Review \| Comment \| Dec., 10 2008 03:15 AM	New York Observer
	Prairie Miller	Kim Basinger does a Dirty Harriet in this weapons of asskicker destruction, pit bull with lipstick get-even suburban battered housewife thriller. And without bringing Alec Baldwin into it, you do the math. Full Review \| Comment \| Dec., 06 2008 03:54 PM	NewsBlaze

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