That never speaks well for a film, especially when it’s suppose to be a horror/suspense/thriller. Most were focused on the film, yes, while others were talking to their friends. In tonight’s theater, I noticed many of the teenagers that were in attendance (as this was the primary audience) were distracted and lost focus during the screening. Some characters are seen drinking wine at dinner.įrom time to time, I will check on how the audience reacts to a particular film. Other: Mary’s doctor (Oliver Platt), after running some blood tests, believes she has been abusing prescription medications. Also, one character “suggestively” kisses Mary. There is one scene where Mary is kneeling on the floor over the toilet, throwing up, and she is naked (we can see her breast behind her arm). We see Stephen being bathed a couple times, and Mary taking a bath a couple times (nothing graphic is shown). God’s name was taken in vain 6 times, and Jesus’ was taken in vain once. There are two scenes where two different characters are shown being drowned underwater. One character has his hand placed on a hot stove. Two characters are seen on the ground fighting. One character is stabbed and left to bleed out. There are two scenes involving car accidents (one with a tree and one with a tractor-trailer). It also didn’t help that the pacing was incredibly slow.
SHUT IN RATING MOVIE
And yet, I walked out, around the mall saying to myself, “This movie didn’t add up.” That’s NEVER a good sign. Naomi Watts puts in a great performance, and the atmosphere is certainly eerie, and, hey, there are even some great scares from time to time. “Shut In” is without a doubt one of the most disjointed psychological thrillers I’ve seen in a while, and I’m not even sure if it falls under this category. Throw in a boy, a sudden snowstorm in Maine, some “supernatural” occurrences, and what do you get? Something that is supposed to resemble a movie…Ĭonfused? So was I. With Richard gone (his life taken in the accident), Mary is left to manage Stephen’s care while continuing to run her child psychology practice. As a result of the accident, Stephen no longer can talk, walk, or take care of himself. In the car, Richard and Stephen begin to argue, which leads to a horrific head on collision with a tractor-trailer. One afternoon, Mary and her husband Richard decide, after having learned that Stephen has been expelled from school, to send Stephen away to receive help for his behavioral issues. As she points out, it has been difficult being both a stepmother and psychologist to her 17-year old stepson, Stephen, and to her other patients.
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