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      While She Was Out

      R Released Dec 12, 2008 1h 28m Mystery & Thriller List
      38% 16 Reviews Tomatometer 17% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score 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. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Aug 23 Buy Now

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      Liam D Despite a Strong performance by Kim Basinger (The Real McCoy, Final Analysis) its a nasty thriller that's not even entertaining in its Yuletide sleazy Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 12/11/22 Full Review ronald h Are you in the mood to have your intelligence insulted? Well, now's your chance. Movies like this are God's challenge to film critics! How bad can a movie be, and how can we critics express the awfulness to potential viewers? How many pejoratives can we come up with? Should we even try to depict the plot, since there is virtually none? Can we accurately describe the acting, since it's so godawful that it doesn't even qualify as acting? How can we critique dialogue that sounds like it was written by a third grader? Perhaps a comparison would work: Did you ever see a really horrible 1970's film called, _I Spit on Your Grave_? This one is equally pathetic, except it has a big movie star and about two dozen producers. The director is a woman. This is her first film, and it ought to be her last--unless movie studios are stupid enough let her make another one. The Tomato, in this case, has gone beyond rotten. It's not even recognizable as a tomato. More like a pile of mold. 1/2 star for the ironically appropriate title. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review laurie s She catted on the mobile whilst driving and almost crashed the car. Then went back to chat again afterwards. How moronic is that? Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I laughed more in this movie than I have in a lot of comedies. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member This sounded good, but didn't quite live up to expectations. Some of the acting really needed work, and so did some of the storyline. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member didn't care for this one too much glorifiying violence against women. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Tammy Oler Bitch Media What makes it worth noting is the way that Susan Montford turns numerous gender conventions about women-in-jeopardy films right on their heads, and makes some really complex - and not uncontroversial - choices about her characters. Dec 18, 2020 Full Review Ryan Stewart Slant Magazine A half-assed re-filming of First Blood. Rated: 1/4 Jan 12, 2009 Full Review Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times 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. Rated: 1.5/5 Dec 12, 2008 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...boasts a seemingly can't-miss premise that's slowly-but-surely squandered by filmmaker Susan Montford. Rated: 2/4 Jun 4, 2010 Full Review Christian Toto What Would Toto Watch? Never mess with an Oscar winner reduced to straight to DVD rubbish. Rated: 2/4 Jul 8, 2009 Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid It's filled with fascinating ideas, bringing it just a notch above your standard-issue exploitation flick. May 1, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis 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.
      Director
      Susan Montford
      Producer
      Edward Bass, Tim McGrath
      Screenwriter
      Susan Montford, Edward Bryant
      Distributor
      Anchor Bay Entertainment
      Production Co
      Insight Film Studios
      Rating
      R (Strong Violence|Language)
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Dec 12, 2008, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 5, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 28m
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