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Covering similar ground to the British film Eden Lake While She Was Out sees Kim Basinger as a middle class woman that gets into a confrontation with a group of working class kids only for things to spiral out of control and end in violence.
But whereas Eden Lake felt real and thus more horrifying as a result While She Was Out is so ludicrously unbelievable in parts that it breaks the spell. From the choice of making the gang a perfectly ethnically diverse mix of pretty young men to the bizarre seduction scene the film lacks any sense of verisimilitude.
A film with a very curious premise that is made sublime by the performances of Peter O’Toole and Sam Neill. Also the performances of Jeremy Northam and Bryan Brown are extremely good too.
I was expecting it to be just a bit of fluff but it is in fact a very moving and uplifting tale of how people deal with grief and embrace life.
