Panic Room (2002)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

David Fincher

Writer (WGA):

David Koepp (written by)

Release Date:

29 March 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

It was supposed to be the safest room in the house

Plot:

A woman and her teenage daughter become imprisoned in the panic room of their own house by 3 criminals.

Plot Keywords:

Break In | Home | Blood | Panic Room | Police

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Jodie Foster	...	Meg Altman
Kristen Stewart	...	Sarah Altman
Forest Whitaker	...	Burnham
Dwight Yoakam	...	Raoul
Jared Leto	...	Junior
Patrick Bauchau	...	Stephen Altman
Ann Magnuson	...	Lydia Lynch
Ian Buchanan	...	Evan Kurlander
Andrew Kevin Walker	...	Sleepy Neighbor
Paul Schulze	...	Officer Keeney
Mel Rodriguez	...	Officer Morales
Richard Conant	...	SWAT Cop
Paul Simon	...	SWAT Cop
Victor Thrash	...	SWAT Cop
Ken Turner	...	SWAT Cop

Also Known As:

Safe Room (USA) (working title)
The Panic Room (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

112 min | Spain:113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18PL | Malaysia:U (cut) | New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) | Singapore:PG (cut) | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | Belgium:16 (TV rating) | Belgium:KT (cinema release) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:14 | Canada:14A | Canada:R (DVD rating) | Finland:K-15 | France:U (with warning) | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Hungary:16 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:R-18 | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Adam Goldberg was originally slated to play Junior, but had to pull out due to conflicts with "The $treet" (2000) which was cancelled after 9 episodes.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The propane gas the burglars feed into the panic room is shown to be hovering at the ceiling. In fact propane is heavier than air. Thus it would actually fill the room from the bottom up.

Quotes:

Meg: It's disgusting how much I love you.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Exhuming 'The Messengers' (2007) (V)

What a waste......

Oh my God! This is a David Fincher movie, The guy who gave movies like "Fight Club" and "Se7en".

The only thing that will come out of you after watching this movie is 'what a waste!'. The story and the plot of the movie is brilliant. If properly directed this movies could have been in the list of top movies. The beginning was good, but there are times when you will definitely conclude that even YOU could have done work better than that if you were the director. The thugs, their unnatural movements (three of them going in a line!) and conversation between them, the way of getting ideas to get out of the panic room and another hundreds of things are just complete abnormal, unnatural, and irritating. Also the way Fincher used his camera, like point of vision going through different holes and walls (the type he used in some part of the beginning of Fight Club) THROUGHOUT the movie, is also very irritating. If you want to give someone an example of bad direction, show him/her this movie!

Well, I must quote something about Kristen Stewart when I write a review on her movie. I think only her dialogs and behaviors seemed real. Ya, the child Kristen was good. I like her!

6/10: for real bad direction and good concept, plot and story which may glue you to the seat till the end of the movie(of course with irritations inside you).