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Right at Your Door
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Mixed or average reviews
Based on 17 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Suspense/Thriller
Written by: Chris Gorak
Directed by: Chris Gorak
Release Date:
Theatrical: August 24, 2007
DVD: January 29, 2008
Running Time: 96 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for pervasive language and some disturbing violent content
Starring Mary McCormack, Rory Cochrane, Tony Perez, Scotty Noyd Jr., Max Kasch, Jon Huertas, and Will McCormack
After multiple dirty bombs are detonated, spreading deadly toxic ash across Los Angeles, Brad inadvertently quarantines his wife, Lexi, outside their new home by safely sealing himself inside. With the city under siege and martial law in affect, Brad and Lexi struggle to survive with little supply, limited time, and no information--all the while separated by thin doors and thinner sheets of plastic. When "help" finally does arrive, it appears to be anything but. (Lions Gate)
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What The Critics Said
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Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
There are no zombies to distract from the plausibility of Right at Your Door. And that's what makes this smart, coolly horrifying American indie thriller one of the scariest movies you're likely to see all year — a post-9/11 nightmare about terrorism, panic, and paranoia with real, waking-life implications.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Pete Vonder Haar
Ultimately a story about the American mindset post-9/11, Right at Your Door is also a much more personal tale, as it forces all of us to consider what we would do if the chips were down.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
This is frightening stuff, ably helmed (by writer/director Gorak, art director on the nerve janglers Fight Club and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas), viciously acted, and altogether horrific in ways George A. Romero could imagine only through the lens of the darkest sort of fantasy.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
While this is admittedly not lighthearted mainstream fare, the subject matter is interesting and is handled in a manner that offers a compelling and sometimes unsettling 95 minutes.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Chuck Wilson
Grounded hard by some terrific smoking-skyline special effects and by Cochrane and McCormack's intensity.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
The two actors are solid, never overplaying scenes and capturing well that slow realization that their lives are never going to be the same.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
McCormack and Cochrane can't transcend the clichéd, meandering dialogue, so Brad and Lexi's dilemma never feels like anything but a didactic contrivance.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jack Mathews
The movie has an ironic and unpredictable ending, but it doesn't wash away the sour taste of Brad's behavior.
Read Full Review >New York Post Kyle Smith
As frightening as it intends to be, but not enjoyably so.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Neil Genzlinger
The film, especially in its resolution, feels a bit like a “Twilight Zone” episode and might have been better at that length, but the acting’s pretty good, and the cinematography keeps things lively.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell
The characters devolve into boring narcissists. And the movie devolves into a broad-brush dark satire of emergency bureaucracy that feels a lot sillier than the post-9/11 panic attack of the first half-hour.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Pam Grady
Grows more and more incredible leading up to a twist ending worthy of an O. Henry short story that is as appropriate as it is ridiculous.
Read Full Review >Variety Todd McCarthy
Chris Gorak grabs the viewer by the throat in the first few minutes, but quickly fritters away involvement by concentrating almost exclusively on two characters who are both annoying and boring.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Ann Hornaday
First-time director Chris Gorak is no Rod Serling, and in his hands the enterprise tends toward the lurid, especially after his nifty third-act twist.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
This doomsday scenario takes up the first third of the movie, after which the tension dissipates badly and the husband and wife, now separated by plastic sheeting, wait for help to arrive.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Staff (Not credited)
A dumb twist can be excused, however, if your characters keep the thing afloat, which makes perhaps the most unforgivable sin of this claustrophobic terror scenario the fact that we have to spend it with arguably the two least interesting people in Los Angeles.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ty Burr
The film is low budget but puffed with self-importance, and it offers proof that Hollywood filmmakers should probably steer clear of topics that actually matter.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 6.3 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
N O gave it a2:
Boring, boring, boring. The first ten minutes promise a tense, suspenseful, thriller. Then, husband, wife, and audience spend the next hour or so waiting around for something to happen. Finally, after a long boring movie there is a twist ending that doesn't make up for time and money wasted.
HWN D. gave it an8:
Excellent low budget thriller. Well made and well acted. Definitely recommended!
