Shut In

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Shut In

PG-13,

2016,

1h 31m,

Mystery & Thriller

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Mary Portman is a widowed child psychologist who lives in isolation in rural Maine. The horrific car accident that killed her husband also left her 18-year-old stepson Stephen in a bedridden, catatonic state, leaving him completely dependent on her. When one of Portman's young patients vanishes without a trace, she becomes convinced that the boy's ghost is now in the house as a dangerous ice storm starts to wreak havoc outside.

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Critics Consensus

Fatally undermined by a clichéd, confused plot and a total absence of thrills, Shut In wastes its talented cast -- and viewers' time.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Feb 23, 2017

3/5

It's low-key and modestly budgeted, but perfectly well made, and Watts maintains a cool and steady presence.

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Valerie Complex

Black Girl Nerds

Nov 20, 2016

1/5

This movie is bad. It's hilariously bad. The horror elements are wasted frivolously on silly jump scares including raccoons, dramatic grabbing of body parts, and every other horror trope in the book.

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Rex Reed

Observer

Nov 16, 2016

0/4

There isn't one genuine thrill in the whole thing. I've had bigger scares from my goldfish bowl.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Feb 19, 2023

1/4

...an exceedingly deliberate and predominantly uninvolving endeavor...

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Jordy Sirkin

Jordy Reviews It

Jan 2, 2021

I'd say leave this to a film you pick on a night you want to stay in, and possibly fall asleep to.

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Ricardo Gallegos

Pólvora

Jul 2, 2020

You will probably fall asleep before getting any sort of scare. [Full review in Spanish]

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Theodore W

Jan 17, 2019

Not good, not bad. Just a mediocre thriller with not too much going for it.

Finn R

Nov 7, 2018

The trailer to Shut In made the film look claustrophobic and creepy. In reality it was a film laden with cheap jump scares and a plot that started off boring and then turned into something ridiculous. The plot involves a mother sending her step-son away after he is expelled from his school to some proper boarding school that will sort this troublesome young man out. On the journey there is a crash, killing her husband and the boy's father and leaving the boy paralysed and unable to communicate. The mother who is played by Naomi Watts is then left to look after the boy while also managing her career as a child psychologist. Troubled child turns up, runs away and is then presumed dead. Naomi feels guilty and then believes there are spooky goings on in her home which must be the vengeful spirit of troubled child but the actual reason behind the spooky goings on is far more ridiculous. A pretty big disappointment , shame it didn't live up to the trailer.

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Anakin P

Jul 14, 2018

Typical horror/thriller film with a few jumpy bits and a predictable twist. Jacob Tremblay is good, definitely got a big future.

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George S

Jul 7, 2018

This was a glorified Lifetime movie. Once the twist was revealed, the movie became paint-by-numbers.

Abraham G

Mar 26, 2018

Thriller that works as thriller until.....until I'm not saying the plot. After that it's much too much to be credible but it is still fun for the joke and intriguing how they will end it. I was not feeling sleepy the whole time, which is good this week.

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Hermione G

Mar 2, 2018

Rather slow and predictable thriller that still draws the watcher in long enough until the end.

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Farren Blackburn

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Naomi Watts

Mary

Oliver Platt

Dr. Wilson

Charlie Heaton

Stephen

Jacob Tremblay

Tom

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Synopsis

Mary Portman is a widowed child psychologist who lives in isolation in rural Maine. The horrific car accident that killed her husband also left her 18-year-old stepson Stephen in a bedridden, catatonic state, leaving him completely dependent on her. When one of Portman's young patients vanishes without a trace, she becomes convinced that the boy's ghost is now in the house as a dangerous ice storm starts to wreak havoc outside.

Director: Farren Blackburn
Producer: Ariel Zeitoun, Claude Léger, Christine Haebler
Screenwriter: Christina Hodson
Distributor: EuropaCorp
Production Co: Transfilm, Lava Bear Films, EuropaCorp
Rating: PG-13 (Nudity|Brief Strong Language|Some Violence/Bloody Images|Terror|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 11, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 21, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.9M
Runtime: 1h 31m

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