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Open Window (2005)

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Mia Goldman's psychological drama Open Window stars Joel Edgerton and Robbin Tunney as a husband and wife who have intense professional lives, but are able to rely on each other during their time together at home. One night the wife is raped, sending her into a depression that threatens to crumble the marriage. Elliott Gould and Cybil Shepherd portray the wife's parents. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

R, 1 hr. 37 min.

Drama

Directed By: Mia Goldman

In Theaters: Sep 1, 2006 Wide

On DVD: Dec 9, 2008

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Critic Reviews for Open Window

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[The film] goes down like medicine.

January 27, 2006 Full Review Source: Variety

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John Anderson

Variety

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[A] sometimes unbearably slow, uneven melodrama that's not without a few powerful sequences.

January 22, 2006 Comment

Sura Wood

Hollywood Reporter

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[A]voids all the overblown histrionics of other similar films that have dealt with such subject matter... and finds the quiet but difficult core of the act of will that is survival and recovery.

February 2, 2009 Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

...feels like a short that's unnaturally been expanded to feature length...

October 25, 2007 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

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I just couldn't buy into the way the film veered into a family drama when it started out so confidently.

January 27, 2006 Full Review Source: Film Threat

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Don R. Lewis

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I'm not sure why this movie hasn't had better ratings. Maybe it was a little slow at times, but I found it very good, and very moving. It was well done, with some really great actors...complete with a very nice, satisfying ending.

April 19, 2011

Cynthia S.

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True to life. The stuggles of coming to terms when something horrific happens, especially rape, for both men and women is severe. It doesn't always just affect the ones who were raped... it affects their partner, their family, and their friends. I think they did a great job showing the emotional breakdown of

May 22, 2010