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  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary Helen (Patricia Clarkson), a recently widowed doctor, returns home to her isolated cottage off the Canadian coast to find a stranger with a gunshot wound (Scott Speedman) hiding out from two men intent on killing him. As an ominous storm brews outside, trapping the pair on the island, they must join forces to survive a harrowing night of...

Directed By: Ruba Nadda

Written By: Ruba Nadda

  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 31 m

October Gale

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
48
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
6.3
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Summary Helen (Patricia Clarkson), a recently widowed doctor, returns home to her isolated cottage off the Canadian coast to find a stranger with a gunshot wound (Scott Speedman) hiding out from two men intent on killing him. As an ominous storm brews outside, trapping the pair on the island, they must join forces to survive a harrowing night of...

Directed By: Ruba Nadda

Written By: Ruba Nadda

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
48
10% Positive
1 Review
90% Mixed
9 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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90% Mixed
9 Reviews
0% Negative
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70
Mar 3, 2015
The performances in October Gale subvert genre expectations: Clarkson displays toughness and resolve without turning into Liam Neeson, and the distressed Speedman is as vulnerable as he is determined.
By Serena Donadoni FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 27, 2015
Clarkson is fascinating to watch, but the denouement is quick and flat. A storm blows over unexcitedly, as does this film.
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50
Mar 12, 2015
The action unwinds with the mechanical artifice of a creaky play, though Nadda creates a few strikingly cinematic moments.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 5, 2015
Ms. Clarkson and Mr. Speedman do what they can with their underwritten and overly contrived roles... Late in the game, Tim Roth boats in as Tom, a local with a grudge, and shocks the movie to life by throwing some lightning bolts of his own.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 5, 2015
October Gale plays like an adaptation of a quick outline for a romantic thriller, rushed into production before anyone got around to actually writing the screenplay and fleshing things out.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 1, 2015
The film begins as a moodily introspective drama about grief before implausibly morphing into a stale thriller.
By Nick Prigge FULL REVIEW
40
Mar 4, 2015
This dramatic thriller is a ball of confusion, but with barely any bounce. The one reason to see it: Patricia Clarkson’s subtle star turn.
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Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
6.3
25% Positive
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75% Mixed
3 Ratings
0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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75% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Production Company Killer Films, Foundry Films, Pacific Northwest Pictures, Blue Ice Pictures
Release Date Mar 6, 2015
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating Unrated
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Awards

Vancouver International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Directors Guild of Canada
• 1 Nomination

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