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      While She Was Out

      2008, Mystery & thriller, 1h 28m

      16 Reviews 1,000+ Ratings

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      Movie Info

      Pushed to the breaking point, an abused woman (Kim Basinger) turns the tables on the gang of thugs who want to beat and rape her.

      • Rating: R (Strong Violence|Language)

      • Genre: Mystery & thriller

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Susan Montford

      • Producer: Mary Aloe, Susan Montford

      • Writer: Susan Montford, Edward Bryant

      • Release Date (Theaters):  original

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      • Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment

      • Production Co: Insight Film Studios

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      • Nov 23, 2010

        awesome ending, and i loved the way the story went all throughout... however she had alot of chances to run and get far away, and it was kinda annoying to just see her stand there as if waiting for them to come get her.

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      • Sep 20, 2010

        What a piece of dog shit. This has to be the cheapest, most thrown together movie I have seen in a very long time. It's like crap sandwich week around here. If you like garbage, you're going to love this rotten movie. Della (Kim Basinger) is a housewife. It's Christmas Eve and after her asshole husband comes home, commits some domestic violence, she goes to the mall to buy wrapping paper. The kids are in bed so either the kids go to bed at six o'clock or she lives near the only mall that stays open all night on Christmas Eve. She gets harassed by a group of thugs led by Creepy Witness Amish kid Lucas Haas, leading to them murdering a rent-a-cop before her eyes. She gets chased to the trashiest sub division under construction I have ever seen. There is just shit lying around everywhere. OSHA would have a field day in this place. She takes a red metal tool box with her and it's a fight for her life, though most of the film ends up in the woods. Blah, blah, blah. I'm just going to list the problems with this movie. Just a list of shit I noticed while viewing it. 1) This is the most ethnically diverse gang I've ever seen. You have the Hispanic guy, the Asian guy, the Black guy, and the Amish Kid. Does Affirmative Action count for street toughs? 2) The fact that said group of thugs are more like The Three Stooges than The Warriors. There is one scene where one of them falls and rolls like a damn bowling ball into the others that follow. I shit you not. We also can't forget that wonderful scene where one of them says "Let's split up." and they all go into the same fucking house! And who can forget how the first thug bites the bullet in this thing. 3) In the woods, why does Della keep following the flashlight? Wouldn't you go the other damn way? How many times does she have to stop and eavesdrop on what's going on? She's not Rambo or MacGyver. Run the other damn direction Vicki Vale. 4) Dead cell phone battery=cheap screenplay ploy on eliminating technology that would have ended most thrillers made before 1995 in 20 minutes. 5) Finally, I'm going to talk about the damn tool box. That red metal toolbox she feels the need to cart around with her throughout the film. Now I own two tool boxes just like Della's. I'm here to tell you that they are the loudest fucking things on the planet, especially when someone is trying to kill you. You look at them funny and they make banging noises from the tools inside. I challenge anyone to go for a run through the woods with one of these sons of bitches and try to hide from some sadistic guys wanting your head on a pole. It can't be done.And there can't be many tools in it either because she flings it around like it's her purse. Add in the crap acting, direction, and everything else you get a waste of 90 minutes. It's a good movie to make comments during, but other than that it's shit. Dog shit.

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      • Sep 03, 2010

        This movie is probably OK if you're watching it for the 1st time but you probably won't watch it anymore after that.It had it's moment's here & there but it just doesn't seem worth it to come back for a 2nd time

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      • Jan 21, 2010

        Really dumb... However it did make me laugh. It's one of those movies that's just really fun to make fun of!

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