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Summary: A new look at an old story
Review: Panic Room is a new version of an old story but is much more than it appears. The characters are trapped by the bad guys and for some reason, the cops aren't able to help. It's been done before and will be done again. This movie adds a new aspect to this simple story. The addition of the panic room to the house, a room that nobody can get in or out of, that runs completely separate from the house. Just watching the movie made me want one for myself. The suspense of this movie is completely based on the room itself and the two sides of defending the room and attacking the room. The movie was a lot more interesting than it sounds. The main character Meg Altman, played by Jodie Foster, and her daughter Sarah find themselves trapped in their new home when a group of burglars enter their home in the middle of the night. The burglars aren't just your run of the mill, smash and grab thieves. One of them knows that the room exists and how the whole thing is put together. The characters take turns having the upper hand that keeps the movie interesting throughout. The atmosphere of the house itself also added to the suspense of the movie, taking on a creepy character all it's own. The casting in this movie is nothing short of spectacular. Jared Leto, Forest Whitaker, and Dwight Yoakam all fit their respective roles to a tee. Dwight Yoakam especially plays evil like it's second nature. For another example check out "Sling Blade." And Jodie Foster was excellent and in my mind the only move that proves that she ages at all is "Taxi Driver." Kristen Stewart also did an admirable job playing Jodie Foster's daughter although I'll admit, I thought she was a boy for the first 15 minutes of the movie.
The best part of the movie was the cinematography that director David Fincher used. You can definitely tell that the same crew worked on Fight Club and Seven and I loved both of those movies. The way the movie was shot added volumes to how creepy it was. And the sets were so detailed that the fact that the movie was a single setting plot didn't bother me at all. And the movie is worth seeing for just the opening credits alone. I've never seen anything done quite like it. All in all a good movie to see. The Breakdown:
1. Plot-8 (New version of an old story)
2. Characters-8 (Typical of these types of movies but nicely balanced)
3. Flow-8 (Slow start but nicely paced)
4. Atmosphere-10 (Highly detailed setting for a one set plot)
5. Cinematography-9 (Awesome effects and creative camera shots)
6. Entertainment Value-9 (Definitely better than the previews looked)
7. Replay Value-8 (A solid thriller worth watching again)
8. Casting/character depth-9 (Great casting all around and some unexpected character moves)
9. Relevance to genre-9 (Very good for a thriller, although not the best I've seen.
10. X-factors-8 (Opening credits were worth bonus points and nothing really takes anything away from this movie) 86/100
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Summary: A cleverly conceived, well executed crime thriller
Review: In "Panic Room," directed by David Fincher, Jodie Foster plays Meg Altman, a woman recently divorced from her super-rich husband. Together with her daughter (Kristen Stewart), Meg moves into a luxurious four-floor Manhattan home that is equipped with a "panic room": a fortified, high-tech bunker for use in case of a home invasion. Of course, right after mother and daughter move in, such a home invasion occurs. This leads to a gripping chess-like contest between homeowner and criminals, and is ultimately resolved in an electrifying conclusion. "Panic Room" is a lean, gripping thriller that is full of intriguing plot turns and inventive gambits (by both heroes and villains). There are solid performances by the entire cast, which includes Forest Whitaker, Jared Leto (in an appalling hairdo), and Dwight Yoakam. Ian Buchanan is especially fun in his brief role as an imperious, but oh-so-charming real estate agent (a performance prominently featured in the film's memorable trailer). Overall, I really enjoyed "Panic Room." But I couldn't help feeling that the film has a creepy classist and sexist flavor. I find it hard to really summon up sympathy for a super-rich woman who can afford such a uber-luxurious crib when my hard working public school teacher sister lived for years in a Manhattan efficiency! Is the subtle message here that we as a society need to work harder to protect the property of the priveleged and wealthy? And there seems to be a further subtle anti-feminist message: that if Foster's character had worked harder to please her super-rich ex-husband, he wouldn't have dumped her for another woman, and thus she wouldn't have needed the new digs and wouldn't have gotten into this mess at all. Oh well; perhaps I overanalyze. Bottom line: "Panic Room" is a genuinely effective thriller with skillful direction and solid work from a terrific cast. But don't say I didn't warn you about the really creepy subtexts.
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Summary: Panic Room
Review: This was a great movie, start to finish... not at all what I had expected - much better! The acting was superb, the camera work was phenomenal - and the tension was done with great finesse. Kept me on the edge of my seat for the whole show.... I highly recommend it!
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Summary: Jodie's Ultimate Thriller
Review: I think Panic Room was a fantastic thriller. it is now one of my favorite movies because Jodie Foster is such a great actress. Kristen Stewart, who played Jodie's daughter, did a wonderful job also. The other actors also did a good job. The director of the film, David Fincher, did an absolutely amazing job on this movie. No director, in my opinion could have done a better job. Panic Room is about a youug woman, Jodie, who just got a divorce from her rich husband. It starts off with Jodie touring a house in New York. She goes in to one room and realizes its smaller than it should be. When she asks the man that is showing her the house he says shes the first person to realize it. He then opens the panic room. Jodie finds the room intimidating but her daughter loves it. That night Jodie's trying to set everything up in her house and then goes to sleep. Three men come to the front door but they cant get in so they go around the back and go into the house. I'm not going to write anymore because I dont want to spoil the movie for any one... GO SEE PANIC ROOM. It's the ultimate thriller.
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Summary: Great...and scary!
Review: Jodie Foster is awesome in this film. She is such a talented actress & in this film she played a tough woman who didn't give into her attackers. This film follows Jodie portraying a woman who has a daughter & her ex-husband helps her buy this really expensive house with this panic room. On their first night there, three guys break in looking for '3 million' dollars which is located in the panic room. Unfortunately Jodie sees them on the camers in the panic room when she goes to turn everything off in their and stuff, so she runs and gets her daughter, & they run and get in the panic room. Now since they r in it, the robbers can't get in it. So over intercom Jodie tells them to 'get out of my house' & they tell her why they're there. Jodie and her daughter refuse to ever come out. Unfortunately they try putting gas in there to scare them out, so Jodie lights a lighter & blows the gas up into the gascontainer & the guys get hurt instead. But then her daughter goes into diabetic shock...she needs insulin. So when Jodie thinks she can make it to her daughter's room where a refrigerator (mini one) is by her bed, the two 'remaining' guys get in there with the daughter. Luckily Jodie throws in the bag of needles and insulin bottles into the panic room right before the door shuts. One of the guys is nice enough to give the girl the shot. When the two guys aren't looking, the little girl hides the needles behind her back. It all comes down to a shocking, suspensful ending that will be making you cling onto your seat or the person next to you! Go see this movie, it will live up to your expectations! I highly reccomend it!!
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Summary: Jodie Foster's best since Silence of the Lambs. . .
Review: When I saw the trailer to this film, I heard David Fincher's name. I'm sorry to say, I hated "Fight Club", but I liked the way it was filmed. So I went with high expectations for the film and that's exactly what I got. The film blew my mind away. Jodie Foster was so great in this film. I heard that Nicole Kidman was originally supposed to be the leading role, but she was injured while filming "Moulin Rouge" so she didn't have enough time to heal and be in "Panic Room". I was kinda mad about that but what can you do? Kristen Stewart was also very excellent at playing Jodie Foster's daughter. For a newcomer, she was outstanding. This whole movie had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. The thing I loved most about it was when Fincher used the digital camera movements. The plot was great, the film was great, the actor's were great and the directing was outstanding. I suggest that if you are breathing and alive to go see this film.
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Summary: Panic Room
Review: I couldn't imaguine what could be so exciting about a movie of two people locked in a room.It turned out to be a great edge-of-your-seat thriller. Jodie Foster again demonstrates what a fabulous actress she really is. There are believable characters and scenarios, you never know what the next 30 seconds are going to bring. Forrest Whitaker and other actors are right-on with their characters and do a great job as well.Theres just enough comic relief to keep the movie from dragging to dramaticly, while not losing its constant suspense and rhythm. Its deffinately a movie I could watch again and again.
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Summary: Fincher's amazing modern thriller.
Review: David Fincher has always been a very visual director. He understands the most innovative and revolutionary film techniques to appeal to every sense. This is apparent in his films 'Se7en' and 'Fight Club'; however in this outing delivers a film that keeps the audience on the edge of their seats for 100 minutes in the thriller 'Panic Room'. The premise when first looked at is rather simple. Recently divorced mother Meg Altman (Jodie Foster) moves into a huge new house on Manhattan's West Side, which is not only enormous but has something most places don't; a panic room. This room is solid concrete, on top of steel, fixed out with surveillance cameras; in short nothing can get in, or out. On their first night Meg and daughter Sarah (Kirsten Stewart), whose relationship has been strained since the divorce, are awoken by three criminals (Jared Leto, Dwight Yokam, and the socially minded Forest Whitaker) who are hell bent in entering the house. Thus Meg and Sarah run into the panic room hidden behind a mirror in the master bedroom, expecting the thieves will ransack the house and leave. The plot twists from here, as the criminals actually want the 22 million dollars in bearer bonds hidden in a floor safe in the panic room. What ensues is an intense pseudo game of 'hide and seek' with Meg and Sarah trapped by the three criminals. The characters that Fincher establishes are amazing. The film wouldn't have the same feel if Nicole Kidman (who was due to be cast) were in the role of Meg. It is the dichotomy Foster portrays between a sensitive, maternal Female, who is forced to react in a very masculine way. In this sense Foster plays a character much like Clarice in 'Silence of the lambs', who's femininity in brought to the forefront but extenuous circumstances. Perhaps the single thing that strikes the audience and appeals to them is Fincher's mind blowing camera work. He uses the camera like another member of the cast, as the importance he imbues on the camera. The viewer is taken place conventional rigs could never take the viewer before. Into locks, between banisters, even a spiraling shot down the staircase that can only be resembled to Hitchcocks shot in 'Vertigo'. David Fincher is a director who truly understands film as a visual medium. Lets face it there are times where his idea's could have flopped in 'Panic Room' when an entire room is reconstructed with CG then the camera moves through it could have looked really hokey... but it works to great effect. My only criticism of the film is sometimes the pacing slows down a bit. Fincher's work always moves very quickly and I feel at times the middle of the film lagged a little; otherwise it was great. 'Panic Room' is a fantastic piece of modern cinema. A great thriller that will keep the audience of the edge of their seats. Fincher's masterful direction coupled with brilliant acting allows the film to be a stand out as one of the best this year.
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Summary: foster is very good!
Review: jodie foster is just great in this ,mobvie and so is the kid playing her son. i relalyy liked this flcik i thought it was almost better than Men in black. panic room is a flcik the public is giving a bit two much credit to but that's okay cause it's a good fun action paked flcik that will plaeas4ed evceryone.....keep it real!
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Summary: ANOTHER WINNER FOR JODIE
Review: This was not quite the "thriller, edge of your seat" movie they hyped about. But I admit it kept me interested throughout the entire movie.
It was fantastic. I thought Jodie was excellent. She played the victim but you could never tell by the way she portrayed the new homeowner being burglarized during her first night. Her daughter, wonderfully done by Kristen Stewart, seemed to have a sexual identity problem. Apparently whoever decided to give Jodie a daughter, must have had a son in mind.
It's nice to see a woman, playing a victim but not being the victim. She proved to her attackers that she was not going down without a fight.
She reminded me alot of Sigourney Weaver in Aliens (the 2nd one). Tough as nails and not ready to sit down and be counted out.
Dwight Yokum (sp) was evil beyond description except when he got caught in the Panic Room.
This was one helluva good movie. I highly recommend it to all Jodie Foster fans.Interesting part for Patrick Bauchau (sp). Fans of the tv show "The Pretender" will know who he is.
GO SEE THIS FILM. IT'S WORTH THE OVERPRICED COST OF TICKETS!!!
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