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  • 2011
  • R
  • Bloody Disgusting
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2011
  • R
  • Bloody Disgusting
  • 1 h 41 m

Summary Family man and lawyer Christoper Cleek must do what he can to protect his family when he comes into contact with a feral woman living in the woods near his isolated country home. Through a series of harrowing encounters Cleek and his family quickly discover there is more to this woman than anyone would suspect and that sometimes the devi...

Directed By: Lucky McKee

Written By: Jack Ketchum, Lucky McKee

  • 2011
  • R
  • Bloody Disgusting
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2011
  • R
  • Bloody Disgusting
  • 1 h 41 m

The Woman

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Family man and lawyer Christoper Cleek must do what he can to protect his family when he comes into contact with a feral woman living in the woods near his isolated country home. Through a series of harrowing encounters Cleek and his family quickly discover there is more to this woman than anyone would suspect and that sometimes the devi...

Directed By: Lucky McKee

Written By: Jack Ketchum, Lucky McKee

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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56% Positive
5 Reviews
33% Mixed
3 Reviews
11% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
58
56% Positive
5 Reviews
33% Mixed
3 Reviews
11% Negative
1 Review

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80
Oct 16, 2011
The Woman is not, obviously, a family movie, but it is, like much of the best drama, about a family - here, how an outsider upends its unhinged equilibrium. True to its genre, there is gore and sudden shrieks.
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75
Oct 14, 2011
The Woman is disturbing, lurid and perverse, but that isn't necessarily bad: Horror buffs, especially fans of Ketchum, will be overcome with joy and excitement.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
67
Oct 10, 2011
There are plenty of guts, but The Woman doesn't have enough to make its feminist rhetoric stick.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
63
Oct 26, 2011
The movie - which caused walkouts and an uproar at Sundance - rewards your endurance with an utterly insane 30-minute climax of violence, audacious gore and all-around bad behavior (how this picture got an R rating is baffling).
By Rene Rodriguez FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 20, 2011
The Woman isn't simply a gore-fest. It's just mostly a gore-fest, with a little more going on, as well.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 11, 2011
Even with a nauseous climax, The Woman never gets under the skin, and its artsy-languid pacing and incessant lite-metal commentary tunes finally seem like part of an effort to disguise what it really is: torture porn for people who'd never admit to liking torture porn.
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20
Oct 11, 2011
Dropping on top of the heap is Lucky McKee's barely competent domestic thriller, bound to make you groan more than think.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Modernciné
Release Date Oct 14, 2011
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating R
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Tagline Not every monster lives in the wild.
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Awards

Toronto After Dark Film Festival
• 8 Wins & 8 Nominations
Fright Meter Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Strasbourg International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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