While She Was Out
While She Was Out | |
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Directed by | Susan Montford |
Written by | Susan Montford (screenplay) Edward Bryant (short story) |
Produced by | Mary Aloe Don Murphy Kirk Shaw |
Starring | Kim Basinger Lukas Haas |
Cinematography | Steve Gainer |
Edited by | William M. Anderson |
Music by | Paul Haslinger |
Distributed by | Anchor Bay Entertainment |
Release dates |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Countries | United States Germany Canada |
Language | English |
While She Was Out is a 2008 American
Plot
On Christmas Eve, suburban housewife Della Myers gets into an argument with her abusive husband Kenneth. After putting her two children to bed, she drives to the mall to buy some wrapping paper and cards. At the mall, she can't find a parking space for a while and angrily leaves a note on the windshield of a car that is parked using up two parking spaces. She leaves the store as the mall is closing, and the parking lot is nearly deserted. She notices the note is gone from the 'offending' car. As she enters her own car, the car on which she had left the note pulls up behind her.
She confronts the car, and four young men emerge—Huey, Vingh, and Tomás—led by Chuckie. They threaten to rape her. Della insults Chuckie, and a security guard intervenes, but he is shot dead by Chuckie. As the gang realizes that they have committed a murder, Della manages to start her car and drive away. They follow her, intending to kill her, as she is the only witness. As they pursue her some distance, she eventually crashes her car in a deserted area where homes are under construction. She takes a road flare and a toolbox out of her car, and hides behind a backhoe.
Della runs through the buildings under construction to hide, as they search for her. After some time, the thugs corner and threaten her by name, as they had found her drivers license in her purse in her car. As they have her open the toolbox, she hits Chuckie with a crescent wrench, and escapes again into some nearby woods. In the process of chasing her, Tomás accidentally steps on Huey, who falls through a construction site and dies from a broken neck.
After some hide and seek in the woods, Della beats and finally kills Tomás with a lug wrench. She flees through a creek, pursued by Chuckie and Vingh. Della sneaks up on Vingh, kills him with a screwdriver, and hides behind a fallen tree. Chuckie tries to persuade Della to give up; he talks about her kids, saying that he is going to pay them a visit. He tells her what he thinks of her, that she lives a boring life she doesn't want, mistreated by her husband. He finds her, touches her, and teases her face. She holds his hand, pulls him down toward her, and kisses him. He draws his weapon as they engage in foreplay. She tells him to stick his boner insider of her, which distracts him. She ignites the road flare and blinds him, takes his weapon, and kills him.
Della returns home. Her husband Kenneth complains that she was out late and is tracking mud throughout the house, but Della ignores him. She goes upstairs to check on her children, whom are both sleeping. The drunk Kenneth asks what she brought him from the mall, and she replies, "Nothing", and points the gun at him.
Cast
- Kim Basinger as Della
- Lukas Haas as Chuckie
- Craig Sheffer as Kenneth
- Jamie Starr as Huey
- Leonard Wu as Vingh
- Luis Chávez as Tomás
- Luke Gair as Terri
- Erika-Shaye Gair as Tammi
- Rachel Hayward as Lynn
Release
Theatrical
The film received a limited U.S. theatrical release via Anchor Bay.
Home media
It was released directly to video in the United Kingdom.
Reception
Critical response
While She Was Out only received a 31% approval rating on
See also
References
- ^ "Rotten Tomatoes". Retrieved 2012-04-07.
- ^ L.A. Weekly review
- ^ New York Observer review
- ^ AICN review
- ^ Bitch Magazine review
- ^ L.A. Times review
- ^ FilmCritic.com review
External links
- While She Was Out at IMDb