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www.hollywoodreporter.com - : ''Now what?'' is a question asked once too often in Columbia's much-ballyhooed but destined-for-infamy ''Panic Room.'' While awareness is high and initial boxoffice should be hefty, it rates as an astonishing disappointment from filmmaker David Fincher, who all but punched out audiences with the risky ''Fight Club'' 2 1/2 years ago. Likewise, Jodie Foster (who took over when Nicole Kidman left the project) brings nothing special to the party, which strains credibility from the get-go and unsuccessfully tries to sucker one in with Hitchcockian atmospherics. more...
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www.eonline.com - : When the opening credits are cooler than entire movies you've seen this year, you know you're in for something good. And from the beginning to the bloody end, Fight Club and Seven director David Fincher's claustrophobic thriller doesn't disappoint. This game of crook and mouse revolves around recently divorced Jodie Foster and daughter Kristen Stewart's ''panic room''--a hyper-secure bunker used to hide from home invaders. It's also the most important place in the house when the two get caught in the crossfire of a robbery gone astray. On top of Foster's woman-driven-to-the-edge determination, the three thieves--Forest Whitaker (the criminal with the conscience), Jared Leto (the spastic idiot) and Dwight Yoakam (the psycho)--steal plenty of screams and laughs. And Fincher's directing prowess keeps the visual bombs dropping. It's the best Room in theaters this year. more...
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