Panic Room Movie Review 2002

Recently divorced mom Meg (Foster) moves with daughter Sarah (Stewart) into a huge, ominous four-story brownstone in New York. The house comes equipped with a "panic room" a fortress-like room the paranoid billionaire previous occupant had built. Before the night is over, the room comes into play as three intruders come looking for something. The three happen to be looking for something that's in the room, where the women have holed themselves up. And thus the cat-and-mouse game begins. Fincher's talents for visual style, creative camera work, and squirmy set pieces are well-used here as the tension mounts with each scene. The plot isn't especially original, but the twists are well-done the performers acquit themselves nicely.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 112 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

New York, New York, Creepy Houses, Moms, Up All Night, Survival, Suspense

Screenplay

David Koepp

Cast

Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam, Jared Leto, Kristen Stewart, Ann Magnuson, Patrick Bauchau, Ian Buchanan, Paul Schulze

Cinematography

Conrad W. Hall, Darius Khondji

Director

David Fincher

Music

Howard Shore

Other

Willie Burton, James Haygood, Angus Wall, James E. Tocci, Keith Neely, Michael Kaplan, Arthur Max

Producer

Gavin Polone, Judy Hofflund, David Koepp, Cean Chaffin, Indelible Pictures, Columbia Pictures