While She Was Out
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Metascore
40 out of 100

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5.1 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 7 Ratings

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  • Starring: Craig Sheffer, Kim Basinger, Lukas Haas
  • Summary: A suburban housewife is forced to fend for herself when she becomes stranded in a desolate forest with four murderous thugs. What starts of as a quick trip to the mall ends in the woods with a fight for her life. All she has is a will to survive. (Proud Mary Entertainment)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 2 out of 4
  1. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    70
    The film, executive-produced by Guillermo del Toro, hinges on a first-rate performance by Basinger, who imbues Della with a fire that makes the film's basic thesis -- both the domestic sphere and the larger world are dangerous places for women -- seem something more than boilerplate.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    50
    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.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    25
    Directed by Susan Montford, While She Was Out is a straight-to-DVD movie making a brief stop in theaters.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Gary Goldstein
    20
    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.

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
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  3. Negative: 3 out of 4
  1. JayH.
    6
    It's a bit far fetched, but I did find it compelling and fast paced. It certainly had some tense scenes. The performances were fine, effective score. It is a good length, I thought it was good. Interesting ending.… Expand
  2. LizaT
    0
    This film just stinks.
  3. KevinG
    0
    Quite literally, the worst movie I have ever suffered through. Stupid screenplay + poor acting + incompetent direction = TURD.
  4. kdg88
    0
    The worst, most stupidly offensive film I have ever seen. I want my money back. I want my time back. I want the writer, director and Basinger to go away and never do anything else I might accidentally see in the future. Wait, the writer and director were one in the same. Her name is Susan Montford? Great, now I know who to forever avoid.… Expand

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