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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 12/18/2020
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. Go to Full Review Ryan Stewart Slant Magazine 01/12/2009
1/4
A half-assed re-filming of First Blood. Go to Full Review Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times 12/12/2008
1.5/5
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. Go to Full Review Terry Staunton Radio Times Jul 2
2/5
Clumsy at best, and fails to detract from the film's shocker-by-numbers shortcomings. Go to Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 06/04/2010
2/4
...boasts a seemingly can't-miss premise that's slowly-but-surely squandered by filmmaker Susan Montford. Go to Full Review Christian Toto What Would Toto Watch? 07/08/2009
2/4
Never mess with an Oscar winner reduced to straight to DVD rubbish. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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nick s Apr 17 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. See more mark g @Mark_Alan_G. Mar 25 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. See more C W 12/14/2024 I thought this was a good movie..Kept me glued from start to finish...A bit surprising 🙂 See more ronald h 12/01/2020 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. See more 07/19/2016 I laughed more in this movie than I have in a lot of comedies. See more 03/21/2016 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. See more 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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