While She Was Out (2008)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Susan Montford

Writers:

Susan Montford (screenplay) and
Edward Bryant (short story)

Release Date:

26 March 2009 (Spain)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Everyone has a breaking point. Tonight, she reaches hers

Plot:

Della Myers is an upper-class housewife that lives in a private condominium in the suburbs with her twin children and her abusive husband Kenneth...

Plot Keywords:

Mall | Twin | Gang | Forest | Housewife

Cast

Kim Basinger	...	Della
Lukas Haas	...	Chuckie
Craig Sheffer	...	Kenneth
Jamie Starr	...	Huey
Leonard Wu	...	Vingh
Luis Chávez	...	Tomás
Luke Gair	...	Terri
Erika-Shaye Gair	...	Tammi
Wayne Bernard	...	Angry Driver
Ari Solomon	...	Rent A Cop
Sadie Lawrence	...	Perfume Sales Lady
Alana Husband	...	Lingerie Sales Assistant
Katie Messina	...	Coffee Sales Person
Rachel Hayward	...	Lynn
Lossen Chambers	...	Pharmacy Sales Assistant

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and language.

Runtime:

Argentina:108 min (DVD version) | Greece:88 min

Country:

Germany | Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | UK:18 | USA:R | Germany:16 | Finland:K-15 | Australia:MA | Mexico:B15

Filming Locations:

Glenlyon Parkway, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Angry Films

Goofs:

Continuity: When Della is killing Vingh (Chinese boy), she stabs him in the neck with a tool. She is then lying on her back with him on top. He has blood rushing out of his mouth 30cm away from her face. And he finally drops dead on her chest. Della stands up - no blood. And her coat is nicely closed.

Movie Connections:

References "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960)

utter Mindvomit

What a weekend. Two days ago I watched the first half of "War Games 2: Dead Code", now "While she was out". I am trying to come to a decision which one was worse in terms of pain in my mind while watching. I guess, "While she was out" was worse.

It has all been said before in other comments: Unrealistic, illogical etc. - the only thing I really have to add is that at some point I started feeling more for the evil guys than for the woman because I would have recommended her for a Darwin award if she actually died (only watched first half, so I don't know). Soon I was at two Darwin awards (if that's even possible) for her immense stupidity.

And, hey: Produced by Kim Basinger? So she did not only know the script but was also responsible for bringing this waste of money to us, the people? I consider humans who waste considerable amounts of money to be evil because the money could have used to feed and clothe quite a few people instead of hurting 80 percent of those who saw it in the cinema and giving 20 percent, which are idiots, a good opportunity to show just how much of an idiot they are.