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Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders when they break in, searching for a missing fortune.
Fincher mounts some clever, tense sequences in which the trio devises increasingly threatening strategies to force Meg and Sarah out of the panic room, only to be matched with improvised ingenuity from behind the vault door.
July 20, 2002
Cinema Crazed
There are so little things you can do with this story and a lot of it is pretty contrived.
How did Fincher - a director who is very good at supplying thrills to thrillers, whatever his other strengths or limitations might be - end up shepherding such a leaden film?
Foster nails the role, giving a tight, focused performance illuminated by shards of feeling.
March 31, 2002
Suite101.com
Valuing logic over brutality, David Fincher's claustrophobic ride also touted the real-world practicality of keeping quiet over the cinematic kicks of a loud thriller. It's like "Wait Until Dark" with helplessness that's emotional, not just physical.
There's just no denying Fincher's gifts. Give the guy a camera or two or three, millions upon millions of dollars and state-of-the-art technologies, and there's no stopping him.