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Woman in Danger Chases and Races Danger Deadly Escapades Gang Witnessing a Crime On the Run more...
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Thriller Crime
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Contemporary 21st Century
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Based on Short Story
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While She Was Out, 2008

Starring: Kim Basinger, Lukas Haas

Directed by: Susan Montford

Written by: Susan Montford

Language: English

Country: Germany, Canada, USA

Runtime: 108 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:4.8

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While She Was Out can be described as suspenseful and bleak. The plot revolves around a woman in danger, escapades, and deadly occurences. The main genres are thriller and crime. In approach, While She Was Out is serious and realistic. The storytelling is fast paced. It takes place in contemporary times. While She Was Out is derived from a short story. Note that it involves violent content.

Summary of While She Was Out

Della Myers is an upper-class housewife that lives in a private condominium in the suburbs with her twin children and her abusive husband Kenneth. Della gives all the attention to the twins, neglecting their house and her appearance and upsetting Kenneth. On the Christmas Eve, she drives to the local mall in the night to buy wrapping paper for the gifts, and she does not find any parking space available. When she sees an old car parked on two spots, she leaves a message to the owner calling him "selfish jerk". When the mall closes, Della's car is hold by the driver of the old car and she is threatened by four punks - Chuckie, the Afro-American Huey, the Chinese-American Vingh and the Latin Tomás. When the security guard of the mall protects her, he is shot on the head by Chuckie, Della speeds up her car trying to escape from the criminals. However she crashes her truck nearby a forest while chased by the gang. She takes the toolbox and hides in the wood, fighting against the gang to survive.

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Language:	English
Country:	Germany, Canada, USA
Release date:	12 December 2008
Runtime:	108 min

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Kim Basinger

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Lukas Haas

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The New York Times

Embracing outraged victimhood the way Angelina Jolie embraces a close-up, Ms. Basinger, doing double duty here as an executive producer, appears oblivious to the script's idiocies. Full Review

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by: Jeannette Catsoulis

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. Full Review

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by: Gary Goldstein

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