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After her divorce, Meg Altman and her daughter Sarah move into an old-fashioned house with one very modern addition: a "panic room" which is virtually impossible to break into, designed for refuge during a home invasion. In their first night in the house a trio of thieves do break in and Meg and Sarah rush into the panic room. However, the intruders are looking for something inside the panic room, and given the recent move the room's hotline to the police hasn't been hooked up yet. Worse, Sarah is diabetic and the room doesn't contain any sugar...Actors
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David Fincher is the master of his domain
Excluding "Alien 3" from the list, the director David Fincher has accomplished a rare feat–creating four quality, entertaining movies consecutively ("Se7en," "The Game," "Fight Club," and now "Panic Room"). Without giving too much of the plot away, I’d just like to say that the cinematography (watch what he does and where he goes with the camera), the acting (Jodie Foster, Dwight Yoakam, and newcomer Kristen Stewart are excellent), and the screenplay (suspenseful-but-funny dialogue) are all amazing and award-worthy. I definitely recommend this film to anyone who is a fan of thrillers. It’s actually pretty good.
Actually pretty good
Plot: 6
Originality: 6
Visuals: 8
Acting: 7
Overall: 6.75
Relatively fun
not bad.good play by foster
Jodie Foster gives her usual performance in this (mediocre at best) film.
Good Suspense, but not enough OOOMPH!
Almost there
This a good movie and a bad movie, I do not understand why David Fincher chose to do this the way he did, character wise Jody was shallow and as her emotions evolved she became less believable to me, the bad guys were not organized enough I would have made them more elite and mysterious. And what’s with the lighting half the time I couldn’t see what was happening and when I did I wished they turned the lights off, all in all I wished David would have evolved something that held our breath and kept us guessing he’s good at that.
Not bad overall. It kept me interested, despite a couple of plot holes.
I liked it!
Fincher delivers once more with yet another stylish and riveting thriller!
Anyone who’s familiar with Fincher’s work (Alien 3; Seven; The Game; and Fight Club), knows that his films aren’t well-known for their simplicity. However, his latest release, "Panic Room", isn’t what most would expect from him. Unlike his previous films, the plot of this one is considerably straight-forward. Jodie Foster plays Meg Altman who, as a single mom having recently settled a divorce with her wealthy husband, moves into an expensive four-story brownstone in the Upper West Side of Manhattan along with her 11-year-old daughter, Sarah. The brownstone looks to them like the ideal place to live - equipped with all the modern-day conviences. It even has a "panic room" that encases you behind a steel door in the event someone were to break in. Now that’s protection!
What they didn’t expect though was that three burglars - Junior, Burnham, and Raoul - had come prepared to rob the house that night. They’re looking to find a safe, one that the original owner of the house had kept hidden in the floor somewhere, that contains millions in bonds. They break inside, unaware that there were people already living there. Meg wakes up and finds there are thieves in the house, and immediately runs to wake up her little girl. The mother and daughter quickly lock themselves up inside the panic room, narrowly escaping capture. Unfortunate for them, even though they’re safe, the emergency phone with which to call the police is dead. And of course, as you may have guessed, the safe that the crooks are looking for is inside the panic room.
Burnham, the burgular whom Forest Whitaker plays, built the house and knows every niche and cranny of the place. He informs Junior and Raoul that it is impossible for them to penetrate the steel door. He says that in order for them to get inside the panic room, they have got to somehow get the woman to come out. This incites a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse between Meg and the men who threaten the lives of both her and her little girl. Its pretty intense.
"Panic Room" is somewhat different from David Fincher’s other movies. According to Fincher, the film is a popcorn flick. "There are no great, overriding implications," he claims. "It’s simply about survival."
Even so, Fincher still manages to deliver the goods as usual - displaying the same stylish cinematography he showed in "Fight Club", as well as his knack for keeping people on the edge of their seat as he did with "Alien 3" and "Seven". Not only does it have all that, but the film also features a terrific and energetic performance from screen veteran, Jodie Foster. Altogether, I recommend this film to suspense fans who are looking to see something different for a change. This one is definitely worth a look.
It’s not without its charms but aye, there be plotholes ahead, matey.
1. Daughter is diabetic. You’re trying to tell me that among all of those emergency supplies in the panic room there isn’t at least SOME sugar? That’s a real load. Not to mention I recognized some of the packages of food that they showed in one scene. they were clearly military style MRE packages, which contain a desert type food like Jam and crackers or some chocolate covered cookies.
2. How did Jodie Foster manage to light the propane gas without blowing her arm off?
3. Speaking of propane gas, propane is HEAVIER than air. Her daughter should have been standing up, not huddling near the ground to avoid breathing in fumes. Not really a plot hole, though. She wouldn’t have known if it was propane or natural gas, although my initial thought would have been propane.
I did like the character Raoul though. At least for the first 20 minutes or so of his appearance. I thought he was quite hilarious.
Pretty good. Relatively predictable, though.
Agree, much tighter script would have made this a much more enjoyable film…
Popcorn flick or not, there were just too many gaping holes in the storyline. I don’t believe I am spoiling the movie…
1. Cell phone - ‘cmon, Fincher even had a camera shot fixated on the phone.
2. Duh, take out those cameras!
3. Would you really risk your ex-husbands life?
4. "It’s sick how much I love you" - but I will take a chance, maybe you won’t lapse into a coma.
5. Please, blink dammit!
Here is the recipe for enjoying the film, apply no logic or reason.
Good thriller. Nice camera-effects.
I liked it even if there were holes in the story.
The camera movements were sweet.
Oh and I was all happy during the opening credits … I always like seeing what way they come up with to look unique - this one looks real cool.
nice jodi foster vehicle
it’a nice to see Jodi Foster take direction, rather than give it. Jared Leto, et al we’re pretty good too. i think , however, that David Fincher, shot his lot with "Seven", and "Fight Club", and has nothing as powerful inside him anymore.
Modified "Home Alone"… except they left out the humor…
and no one in this movie is as smart as the Home Alone Kid. The only good thing about this movie, was that Jodi Foster was in it, and I’m surprised she agreed to do it. The ending was just a pure let down - expect nothing, because that is exactly what you get. Too bad they can’t make whole movies even half as good as the trailers they create to sell them.
great film
worth seeing just for his trademark camera work, which is outstanding.
great performances by all, especially foster.
highly recommended
better than glas house, drag fly,dont say word, others,, loved it
I’m a tad disappointed..
probably because I’d built this movie up quite a bit before seeing it. If I’d gone into it not knowing anything about it this might be an 8 instead of a 7.
The good.. Fincher rocks. Lots of very detailed "through the walls and floors" camera motion as we saw in Fight Club. Foster also rocked.
Bottom line though, the script was just a bit too weak.
Some unbelieveable stuff but pretty good.
Propane doesn’t burn like that, people do NOT pop off the ground after being hit full force in the head by a sledge hammer but that being said the characters were good and played well. The daughter looks like she could be Foster’s actual daughter, great resemblance.
One of the better thrillers!
Jodie Foster makes this a good movie but . . . the story has a few spots where the character is smarter than the plot allows. Don’t want to give it away, but you’ll know what I mean when you see it for yourself.
Not bad, but it doesn’t really grasp hold of one’s attention too well.
Those who liked the film ‘Analyze This’ should probably find this movie more to their liking.
This was a pretty good movie about an assasin (William Macy) going through a mid-life crisis. Donald Sutherland is believable as Macy’s father and owner of their assasin business. Neve Campbell plays a beautiful young lesbian who tempts Macy into cheating on his wife. This movie should have used some unknown actor/actresses. Campbell was distracting. I kept thinking of Party of Five (not that I ever watched it) and Scream. I just didn’t believe her role. Overall, though, I recommend this movie.