Shut In
EuropaCorp USA | Release Date: November 11, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
25
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
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0
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2
Negative:
12
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawFeb 23, 2017
It’s low-key and modestly budgeted, but perfectly well made, and Watts maintains a cool and steady presence. Read full review
40
Time OutZach ShevichNov 15, 2016
Watts does her usual commendable job with the flatly written character but ultimately, as the title would suggest, she runs into a wall. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 16, 2016
Naomi Watts deserves better than this. So does Oliver Platt. So do we. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiNov 11, 2016
The kind of lazy genre hackwork that will inspire more yawns than screams—at least until the final reels, when the sounds of incredulous laughter will no doubt take over. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesBill ZweckerNov 8, 2016
This is a disappointing waste of good acting talent, coupled with a very pedantic and not very intriguing story from first-time screenwriter Christina Hodson. Read full review
33
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloNov 16, 2016
A thriller that takes a long time to get even remotely thrilling. Read full review
30
Screen DailyJohn HazeltonNov 13, 2016
Most of the story’s credibility goes out the door with the big plot twist. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckNov 12, 2016
The lurid and unconvincing Shut In should have lived up to its title. Read full review
30
VarietyJoe LeydonNov 12, 2016
As thrillers go, Shut In is conspicuously short of thrills. It’s an undistinguished and predictable hodgepodge, so blandly generic as to suggest that it was cobbled together by filmmakers referencing a how-to handbook who picked spare parts from other, better thrillers. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersNov 11, 2016
Despite a strong effort from Naomi Watts, Shut In is more effective as a 90-minute commercial for the L.L. Bean aesthetic than as a pseudo-psychological thriller. Read full review
30
TheWrapSam FragosoNov 11, 2016
Ideologically, morally, and narratively, the film contains no point of view, no perspective that suggests human beings joined forces to create a piece of art they can stand behind. Read full review
20
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisNov 12, 2016
In this achingly inept thriller, you will see Naomi Watts do what she can to sell a plot of such preposterousness that the derisory laughter around me began barely 20 minutes in. Read full review
11
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovNov 16, 2016
Regardless, the upside is that Shut In is cinematic Sominex for those in need of a 90-minute nap, a thousand yawns, and zero thrills. Read full review
0
ObserverRex ReedNov 16, 2016
We’ve seen it all before in dozens of low-budget slasher movies. This one just has a better cast — dismally wasted and left to seek better employment elsewhere. Read full review
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