While She Was Out

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While She Was Out

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Released Dec 12, 2008

1h 28m

Mystery & Thriller

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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

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Ryan Stewart

Slant Magazine

A half-assed re-filming of First Blood.

Rated: 1/4

Jan 12, 2009

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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

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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

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Christian Toto

What Would Toto Watch?

Never mess with an Oscar winner reduced to straight to DVD rubbish.

Rated: 2/4

Jul 8, 2009

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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