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Summary: How Convenient...
Review: ...that she bought a house with such a unique feature, and not a moment too soon. Really dumb movie.
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Summary: David Fincher Rules!
Review: This movie is a great thriller that isn't too scary for the people who hate horror movies, but is just intense enough to satisfy those who love horror films. Like Fincher's other amazing movies (Fight Club, Se7en, The Game) this movie has a ton of twists and just very interesting situations. The best thing Jodie Foster has done since Silence of the Lambs. I highly recommend this movie as well as anything else Fincher has done.
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Summary: An average thriller with outstanding direction
Review: David Fincher has done a few great movies in the past. "The Game" or the masterpiece "Fight Club" come to mind. "Panic Room", despite the decent acting and the excellent photography and camera-tricks, doesn`t impress all that much and enters into familiar and predictable ground. It`s a watchable thriller with a couple of twists that kept me entertained for a while, but it doesn`t go beyound that. For the most part, it isn`t too difficult to figure out what is going to happen, and the lackluster ending only makes it worse. Appropriate to watch in a rainy night when there is nothing else to do, since it`s still good enough to kill a couple of hours. A rental, not a keeper.
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Summary: Slow start, gets better. Obvious story.
Review: The movie starts of really slow and is pretty boring. You know what will happen. They want to buy a house, it has a panic room in which people can hide in case of burglars and it is in a rich neighborhood. Yes, what you think will happen actually happens.but it is still pretty good. The burglars are three different personalities. You know from the start that Forest Whittaker will be the most helpful burglar, and yes! he actually is. it's good fun when there is nothing on tv, it's definitely exciting but not as good as 'insomnia' or 'Seven'
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Summary: A Slick Thriller
Review: Jodie Foster stars as Meg Altman a divorcee who is moving into a nice big house with her daughter Sarah,finding a panic room in her house.The panic room is equipped with video cameras of the whole house,a motion sensitive steel door,and various defense systems to keep people safe such as fire blankets.At first Meg isn't to keen on getting the house but reluctantly agrees.Now after getting semi settled in on the first night of their stay at the house three crooks (Forest Whitaker,Jared Leto,and Dwight Yokam) break in to steal something locked inside the panic room.
When they arrive and discover the mother and child sleeping they at first panic and decide to go on with the plan only to find out Meg has discovered them inside the house and has grabbed her daughter and locked herself inside the panic room.The film is a great thriller through and through and has some great acting from
Foster and Whitaker.The film was well done and is worth going to see any day.
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Summary: Suspensful
Review: Great movie and leaves you on the edge of your seat in suspense till the end.
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Summary: An Stylish Thriller from David Fincher.
Review: When a Woman (Two Time Oscar-Winner:Jodie Foster) & Her Daughter (Kristen Stewart) decide to take an large apartment that has a steel encased ``Safe Room`` in their new Manhatten brownstone but on their very first night. Three Thieves (Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam & Jared Leto) decide to invade their home in a search for the Money but when the Woman and her Daughter trapped themselves in the Panic Room. The Criminals wants, what`s inside that room and will stop at nothing to break in. Directed by David Fincher (Alien 3, Seven, The Game) made a extremely entertaining, suspenseful film. Foster, Whitaker & Stewart gives Excellent Performances in this often violent thriller. This movie wastes no time, what so ever, which is Absosultely Unique. DVD`s has an terrific anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer and an rich-Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound (also in DTS). DVD only extra is a Trailer. I would love to hear a Screenwriter, Cinematographer or Director`s Commentary but Superbit DVD don`t do that on their feature film, which is quite a shame. This film is highlighted by Terrific & Visual Style by Fincher, Great Cinematography by Darius Khondji and Two Time Oscar-Winner:Conard L. Hill (With the Help of CGI Effects). There`s also a fine Music Score by Oscar-Winner:Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy). Listen Closely to the Voice of Nicole Kidman (Which she was Originally Cast as the Lead) in one Scene. Written by David Koepp (The Shadow, The Trigger Effect, Spider Man). Do not miss this fine thriller. Grade:B+.
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Summary: the whole film set in one room, can be quite a good film.
Review: This film reminds me of ''phone booth'' because that film was all set in a phone booth, and this film is all set in a Panic room.
The film is all about this women and her daughter who buys quite an expensive house. Inside the house is a panic room. One night burglulars break in, the woman and the girl rush into the panic room. The problem is, the thing the burglars want is in the panic room.
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Summary: Problematic, but Above Average.
Review: Let's face it; Jodie Foster does not make bad movies. Perhaps the greatest actress of her generation, Foster had been MIA while she was birthing her babies, and "Panic Room" was a welcome return for this superb thespian. That being said, the movie isn't without it's problems. The set-up of the plot is too rushed, and the action itself, while often high-octane, goes on too long to truly be enjoyable. In other words, too little development and too much melodrama. For fans of the female-driven action genre, however, the movie is actually quite enjoyable, if a bit high-strung. Foster is, as usual, incomparable, and Forest Whitaker provides his trademark low-key delivery. Any movie that keeps a mask on Dwight Yoakam for long periods of time can only be a good thing, and he proves here that he's adept at playing incarnate evil. Jared Leto's performance is surprisingly lacking the thoughtfulness he usually offers, as he seems to do nothing but scream and whine throughout the entire movie looking like he needs a good power-washing. All and all a decent movie made stronger by Foster's performance. Recommended as long as you don't go into it with high expectations.
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Summary: Average suspense thriller, a bit bleh
Review: While unintentional I'm sure, Panic Room and the Ben Stiller comedy Duplex share a lot of similar camera angles and site gags dealing with vertical space in New York style brownstone town home etc. Jodie Foster stars as a mother of a pre-teen young girl, both of which are booted by the rich hubby for a trophy wife. They move into said vertical mansion which has a built in 'panic room' used to hide from invaders. Of course, that's what happens on the first night, Forrest Whitaker and a looking-worse-than-even-Slingblade Dwight Yoakam arrive to steal the millions hidden in the house in the panic room. Jodie and daughter hide in the panic room, thwarting the invaders attempts. Almost seems like Home Alone gone bad, and it plays that way for a while until Dwight goes loco and corks one in the third invaders' cranium. On a side note it saddens me to see his descent from his 80's alternative country heyday. Anyhow, Forrest must ultimately decide if he's a real bad guy, just as Jodie must go Ripley on Dwight w/ sledgehammer. Predictable and formulaic, not really worth the effort eventually.
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