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Shut In

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When a young mother is barricaded inside a pantry by her violent ex-boyfriend, she must use ingenuity to protect her two small children from escalating danger while finding an escape.

Critics Reviews

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Cath Clarke Guardian 05/23/2022
2/5
This is a film with some excruciatingly wooden acting – though not by Gallo, whose presence makes every scene he’s in about seven times more interesting. Go to Full Review
John Semley The New Republic 02/18/2022
Gallo’s authentically raw performance also has an unintended consequence: It makes the rest of the film look even more crude and amateurish by comparison. Go to Full Review
Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News 02/09/2022
2.5/4
“Shut In” doesn’t redefine the genre by any means but it’s a polished exercise in confined terror with a very nasty bite to it. Go to Full Review
Tyler Smith Battleship Pretension 07/14/2022
... recommendable primarily for some organically tense moments between engaging characters, well-realized by the performers. Go to Full Review
Vincent Mancini Uproxx 02/22/2022
D+
I'm not sure if seeing this will help you own the libs but it's definitely super dull. Go to Full Review
Peter Sobczynski eFilmCritic.com 02/14/2022
Shut In is basically a dumber version of Panic Room with a Godsploitation element thrown into the mix that is remarkably unsubtle even for this type of film. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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J L. Nov 11 Love the symbolism. It goes deep. The more you think about it, everything is a symbol See more Cristian s Oct 5 Buena película de suspenso de bajo presupuesto. Son solo 5 actores (3 adultos, 2 nenes) y sucede todo en una misma locación. La historia es simple y predecible pero juega bien las cartas que tiene, manejando de buena forma los momentos de tensión. Zafa. See more Jun 3 Panalo. Simpleng kwento kung tutuusin pero napaka intense ng mga eksena. Medyo nakulangan lang ako ng emosyon sa bidang nanay pero un batang babae talaga e wala kang masasabi sa husay ng pag arte nito See more Hugo S Jan 5 After accidentally locking herself in the pantry, a woman receives the unexpected visit of her ex-boyfriend. The woman's priority is to protect her two children from the man with whom she shared a drug addiction in the past. "Shut In" is a home-invasion thriller with a claustrophobic setting as most of the movie takes place inside a confined space. Despite a few terrifying moments, the movie offers limited entertainment and minimal character development. See more M D 08/20/2024 Rainey Qualley lacks the emotions needed for the scenes to work. Enough suspense but the wooden acting of the main character is cringeworthy. See more Allan C 08/04/2024 Stripped down and incredibly suspenseful little thriller about a recovering meth addict single mother locked in her pantry while her drug-addicted ex-husband and his shady friend (Vincent Gallo) are out and about in the house of her preschool-age daughter and baby brother. Rainey Qualley (daughter of Andie MacDowell) is dynamite as the mother trying to give her daughter directions through the door on how to feed herself and take care of the baby and then later how to hide and protect herself when her dirtbag ex-husband shows up, all the while trying to figure a way out of the locked pantry. It’s a smart script that puts the audience right there with Qualley, thinking what would you do in this situation? Director D.J. Caruso does a fantastic job keeping the film interesting even while largely keeping the camera within the confines of a locked pantry. Some coincidences stretch credulity, but overall, it’s a smart little thriller with a likable protagonist, in a movie that never lets up. This one is a must-see for fans of suspenseful thrillers.  See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis When a young mother is barricaded inside a pantry by her violent ex-boyfriend, she must use ingenuity to protect her two small children from escalating danger while finding an escape.
Director
D.J. Caruso
Producer
Dallas Sonnier, Amanda Presmyk
Screenwriter
Melanie Toast
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 10, 2022
Runtime
1h 28m