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A woman out late for Christmas Eve shopping is soon terrorized by a small gang of troublemakers, and she must fight for her life.A woman out late for Christmas Eve shopping is soon terrorized by a small gang of troublemakers, and she must fight for her life.A woman out late for Christmas Eve shopping is soon terrorized by a small gang of troublemakers, and she must fight for her life.
Luis Chávez
- Tomas
- (as Luis Chavez)
Melissa Sue Anderson
- Cassie
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- (uncredited)
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- TriviaVersion of this story was filmed as a segment of the anthology series The Hidden Room starring Stephanie Zimbalist as Della.
- GoofsAt about 0h 8 minutes, when Tammi gives Della the drawing, Della puts it in her left front pocket, but at about 0h 48 minutes, she pulls it out of her right front pocket.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Bad Movie Beatdown: Christmas Special: While She Was Out (2010)
- SoundtracksDay Of The Lords
Written by Ian Curtis, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner
Performed by Joy Division
Courtesy of Warner Music U.K. Ltd.
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
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When the Trailer is Better than the Movie
Della Myers (Kim Basinger) is an upper-class housewife that lives in a private condominium in the suburbs with her twin children and her abusive husband Kenneth (Craig Sheffer). Della gives all the attention to the twins, neglecting their house and her appearance and upsetting Kenneth. On the Christmas Eve, she drives to the local mall in the night to buy wrapping paper for the gifts, and she does not find any parking space available. When she sees an old car parked on two spots, she leaves a message to the owner calling him "selfish jerk". When the mall closes, Della's car is hold by the driver of the old car and she is threatened by four punks Chuckie (Lukas Haas), the Afro-American Huey (Jamie Starr), the Chinese-American Vingh (Leonard Wu) and the Latin Tomás (Luis Chávez). When the security guard of the mall protects her, he is shot on the head by Chuckie, Della speeds up her car trying to escape from the criminals. However she crashes her truck nearby a forest while chased by the gang. She takes the toolbox and hides in the wood, fighting against the gang to survive.
A couple of days ago, I saw the trailer of "While She Was Out" and I was anxious to watch the DVD. Unfortunately the trailer is better than the movie, and I am totally disappointed with this dull and implausible collection of clichés. Della Myers is presented as an insecure and neglectful housewife and inexistent as wife; the motherhood is her only interest in her concept of family. She is chased by four mean criminals but she defeats them with a toolbox that seems to be the Batman's utility belt. Therefore, the plot is so absurd that irritates. The gang of criminals is formed by the favorite cliché of American movies, with an Afro-American, a Chinese-American and a Latin together with an American lord to be politically correct. Kim Basinger has a decent acting, but their children are too young for a fifty-five year-old woman. My vote is four.
Title (Brazil): "Enquanto Ela Está Fora" ("While She Was Out")
A couple of days ago, I saw the trailer of "While She Was Out" and I was anxious to watch the DVD. Unfortunately the trailer is better than the movie, and I am totally disappointed with this dull and implausible collection of clichés. Della Myers is presented as an insecure and neglectful housewife and inexistent as wife; the motherhood is her only interest in her concept of family. She is chased by four mean criminals but she defeats them with a toolbox that seems to be the Batman's utility belt. Therefore, the plot is so absurd that irritates. The gang of criminals is formed by the favorite cliché of American movies, with an Afro-American, a Chinese-American and a Latin together with an American lord to be politically correct. Kim Basinger has a decent acting, but their children are too young for a fifty-five year-old woman. My vote is four.
Title (Brazil): "Enquanto Ela Está Fora" ("While She Was Out")
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- Nov 6, 2008
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- Người Tình Sát Thủ
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- $6,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $498,088
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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