Film

While She Was Out

2008 · 1h 22m · Drama · Thriller

Everyone has a breaking point. Tonight, she reaches hers.

IMDb

4.8

Rotten Tomatoes

35%

Metacritic

40

Della Myers, a suburban housewife, lives with her twin children and her abusive husband, Kenneth. On Christmas Eve, she drives to the local mall to buy gift-wrap. In the jam-packed parking lot, she notices an old car taking up two spaces and decides to leave a note on the windshield calling them out. After the mall closes, her car is blocked by the old car and she's threatened by four thugs. She escapes in her vehicle, but they drive after her. She crashes at a dead end construction site at the edge of a forest. What unfolds in the desolate woods is Della's lone fight for survival against a gang of angry young men with murderous intent.

Kim Basinger

Della

Lukas Haas

Chuckie

Craig Sheffer

Kenneth

Luke Gair

Terri

Leonard Wu

Vingh

Luis Chávez

Tomas

Rachel Hayward

Lynn

Jamie Starr

Huey

Alana Husband

Lingerie Sales Assistant

Katie Messina

Coffee Sales Person

Erika-Shaye Gair

Tammi

Wayne Bernard

Angry Driver

Jennifer Kitchen

Parking Lot Mother (uncredited)

Melissa Sue Anderson

Cassie (voice) (uncredited)

Ari Solomon

Rent A Cop

Steve Archer

Tired Man

• Susan MontfordDirector · Writer
• Don MurphyProducer
• Kirk ShawProducer
• Mary AloeProducer
• Don StarrExecutive Producer
• Christian Arnold-BeutelExecutive Producer
• Samuel H. FrankelExecutive Producer
• Guillermo del ToroExecutive Producer
• Scott ReidExecutive Producer
• Daniel J.B. TaylorExecutive Producer

Official UK Re-Release TrailerOfficial TrailerWhile She Was Out (2008) Trailer

Release date

October 27, 2008

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

R

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$498,088

Genres

Drama, Thriller

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