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While She Was Out

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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.
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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

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nick s Kim Basinger elevates this flick, which is therwise a simplistic run and chase thriller with no outstanding moments. The plot has few surprises and the action relies on a bunch of thugs falling on their faces multiple times. Extra points for the credit music though. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/17/25 Full Review mark g Kim Basinger is good in this. Sure, it's a formulaic story, but in the end, rewarding. If you want to be entertained and not have to think a lot, here you go. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/25/25 Full Review C W I thought this was a good movie..Kept me glued from start to finish...A bit surprising 🙂 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/14/24 Full Review 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 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 Read all reviews
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Susan Montford

Director

Kim Basinger

Della

Lukas Haas

Chuckie

Craig Sheffer

Kenneth

Jamie Starr

Huey

Leonard Wu

Vingh

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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
Mary Aloe, Susan Montford
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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