Review of Shut In

Shut In (I) (2016)
4/10
Psychological thriller that fails during its last third...
29 October 2022
... from EuropaCorp and director Farren Blackburn. Naomi Watts stars as a child psychologist working out of her home in snowy, remote Maine. She stays close to home to care for her teenage son (Charlie Heaton) who has been left in a vegetative state for the last six months since a car accident that also killed his father. Watts has grown weary of the burden, and has decided to move her son into a care facility, but she also has to deal with another patient, a mute boy (Jacob Tremblay), who has gone missing. As her mental state continues to deteriorate, things take a shocking turn when a massive blizzard hits, leaving her even more isolated.

Watts is a good actress, and she brings what little is good here. The "twist" should be obvious to even the dullest of viewers, and the final portion of the movie devolves into suspense film cliche. .
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