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- 2016
- PG-13
- Relativity EuropaCorp Distribution (RED)
- 1 h 31 m
- 2016
- PG-13
- Relativity EuropaCorp Distribution (RED)
- 1 h 31 m
Summary A widowed child psychologist (Naomi Watts) lives an isolated existence in rural New England. Caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever.
Directed By: Farren Blackburn
Written By: Christina Hodson
- 2016
- PG-13
- Relativity EuropaCorp Distribution (RED)
- 1 h 31 m
- 2016
- PG-13
- Relativity EuropaCorp Distribution (RED)
- 1 h 31 m
Shut In
25
4.0
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Summary A widowed child psychologist (Naomi Watts) lives an isolated existence in rural New England. Caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever.
Directed By: Farren Blackburn
Written By: Christina Hodson
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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14% Mixed
2 Reviews
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86% Negative
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
25
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
14% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
86% Negative
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
It’s low-key and modestly budgeted, but perfectly well made, and Watts maintains a cool and steady presence.
Naomi Watts deserves better than this. So does Oliver Platt. So do we.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 39 User Ratings
4.0
21% Positive
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26% Mixed
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54% Negative
21 Ratings
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 39 User Ratings
4.0
21% Positive
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
26% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
54% Negative
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
A solid horror film with one really, really bad, over-the-top performance by Charlie Heaton.. Amazing how the lefties are hating on this movie, but not giving any reasons why. They just don't like Ben Shapiro. So brainwashed. Go enjoy the movie and make up your own mind!
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Im ländlichen Maine kümmert sich die frisch verwitwete Kinderpsychologin Mary um ihren gelähmten Sohn Stephen. Der Druck ist riesig – und als auch noch Patientenkind Tom in einem Schneesturm verschwindet, dreht die schwer Angeknackste völlig am Kabel: In fast schlaflosen Nächten verschwimmen Albtraum und Realität, unheimliche Schritte knarzen durchs Haus – und plötzlich liegt jemand mit im Bett. Ist das etwa Toms Geist? Der Grusler Shut In sorgt schon mit seinem eingeschneiten Setting für ordentlich Stimmung, die Kino-Neuling Farren Blackburn mit einer wandernden Kamera, tausend dunklen Ecken und einer panischen Naomi Watts in der zweiten Filmhälfte in Hochspannung verwandelt. Das mit The Shining-Zitaten und einem gut gelaunten Oliver Platt gespickte Ende ist zwar unglaubwürdig und übertrieben – aber unerwartet effektiv.
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This is a disappointing waste of good acting talent, coupled with a very pedantic and not very intriguing story from first-time screenwriter Christina Hodson.
As thrillers go, Shut In is conspicuously short of thrills. It’s an undistinguished and predictable hodgepodge, so blandly generic as to suggest that it was cobbled together by filmmakers referencing a how-to handbook who picked spare parts from other, better thrillers.
Ideologically, morally, and narratively, the film contains no point of view, no perspective that suggests human beings joined forces to create a piece of art they can stand behind.
In this achingly inept thriller, you will see Naomi Watts do what she can to sell a plot of such preposterousness that the derisory laughter around me began barely 20 minutes in.
We’ve seen it all before in dozens of low-budget slasher movies. This one just has a better cast — dismally wasted and left to seek better employment elsewhere.
A solid horror film with one really, really bad, over-the-top performance by Charlie Heaton. His awful performance (perhaps more the director’s fault than Heaton’s) dragged down fine work by Naomi Watts and Oliver Platt and most of the rest of the cast. Another problem is that we have had a lot of inventive horror films ately, and this film was more traditional. Overall I enjoyed this film for the lead performances and the claustrophobic atmosphere, but I can’t say it wasn’t without faults.
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It's completely predictable and cliche for the most part and has a very dark and disturbing "twist", but has some decent atmosphere and setting and some decent acting from Heaton and Watts. Not the worst film like it's being hailed but not a good one.
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People need to be working. It's not just about paying bills. More importantly, it's about keeping busy which is vital psychologically. It gives us the feeling that we have purpose or at least a direction – so we can feel that we belong somewhere and this big train called Life has not left the station without us.
Movie people need to be working too, even more so than a regular joe with a regular steady job. Because movie biz can feel very hectic and random. You end one project, feel the threat of the great unknown and the only supporting thought may be: so what's next? It would be good to have couple of new offers already waiting.
This is the way, at least according to my hypothesis, that most genre movies are made. You know, the kind of movies that don't feel like they have anything to say really, and may not even show much passion for the story, topic or genre they represent. People just rehash whatever has done before countless times, sometimes with feeling (almost) fresh and becoming a cult classic, sometimes ending up just dull and ugly.
But somebody somewhere managed to get enough funding for it, using magic pitching words like "This is gonna be like X but with added Y and Z" and now it needs to be done. Hey – people need to be working anyway.
"Shut In" is that tedious genre movie that many probably feel the need to not watch til the end and some certainly even like, because they haven't seen this kind of thing too many times before, or they are in generous mood and the night was boring anyway, or they just did lots of drugs and now everything feels exciting, whatever.
It reshashes the cliches of even two cheap horror sub-genres. I will only name "hostile house" because otherwise I would spoil the fun for some lucky person. Child psychologist is living alone with her vegetable-state-son and then she discovers some disturbing activity in the house which seems like... Damn, I'm too good. Now it seems more interesting in writing than it really is.
The first part plays out like any other haunted house movie. It's a bit slow and tedious and workmanlike... you will probably check your clock during the first 30 minutes and think: "OK, it's not that bad..." That's mostly due to starring lady Naomi Watts who does convincing job as reclusive person who is slowly bowing down on the heavy load the life has put on her shoulders.
Then we reach the second part and the movie makers feel the need start adhering to the rule that any Any Self Respecting Low Budget Horror Must Have A Big Twist in the End or Second Half. The movie changes tone completely and turns to **** quickly. It was just harmless and tedious before, now it's just silly and makes you crawl your eyes and ask "Really?" a lot. It would probably be tolerable as a subplot in "90210"-style teen drama but not as a second half of a major movie. Having said that, I discovered that the director's body of work does include mainly episodes of different not-quite-A-list TV series.
If there's a single argument for watching "Shut In" and not any better thriller/horror that its copying, then it would be Naomi Watts. She totally justifies spending the big bucks (in case they didn't get her cheap for some reason). She's always believable, even in the last third when the onscreen events turn to kind of "I am not sure if I am able to continue watching this without laughing or instead checking Facebook in my phone" bad.
I would recommend re-watching "The Sixth Sense" or "The Others" instead. Watts has gotten her money for her good work, now let's let the nature take its course and bury this little movie under the rug of time. It will probably reach Netflix and/or other streaming services soon, so you can check it out and quit in 15 minutes or so.
Watts seems to believe she hasn't outstayed her welcome in horror genre although her better-received projects ("The Ring" 1-2 and Peter Jackson's "King Kong") are already at least ten years old. Of course there was also 2011's excremental "Dream House" but the less said about this colossal misfire, the better.
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It's disappointing that, in a year filled to the brim with horror feats, this movie is the one that has to cap it all off for us. Indeed, Naomi Watts may try as hard as she can with what she's been given here, but the simple fact remains; what she's been given is so devoid of any tension, intrigue, or character development that even an actress of her caliber can't save this hopelessly uneventful slog of a "horror film" with a third act so over-the-top and incredulous it ventures into "so bad it's funny" territory. Avoid if you can.
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Production Company
EuropaCorp,
Transfilm,
Lava Bear Films,
Canal+,
Orange Cinéma Séries,
Ciné+,
Reliance Entertainment
Release Date Nov 11, 2016
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Don't believe everything you see
Awards
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination
