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Right at Your Door (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 53

Fresh: 37

Rotten:16

Average Rating: 6.4/10

Consensus: Though Right at Your Door dips into melodrama at the end, it's an otherwise tense, effective, and eerily plausible doomsday scenario.

Rated: R

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Aug 24, 2007 Limited

Synopsis: With a finely honed craft and skill that belie its budget, Right at Your Door is a remarkable debut for its director, Chris Gorak. It begins on a beautiful, sunny morning in Los Angeles, where Brad... With a finely honed craft and skill that belie its budget, Right at Your Door is a remarkable debut for its director, Chris Gorak. It begins on a beautiful, sunny morning in Los Angeles, where Brad (Rory Cochrane) has just kissed his wife, Lexi (Mary McCormack), off to work and started his day when the radio reports the detonation of a bomb. Announcements of additional explosions and an ominous, possibly toxic, cloud blowing ash across the L.A. basin quickly follow. With roads immediately closed off and phone contact elusive, Brad makes the decision to seal himself into his home, accomplishing the task with the assistance of a neighbor's handyman, Alvaro (Tony Perez), while awaiting his wife's return until... Right at Your Door perfectly portrays the realities of this kind of attack–the isolation and fear, the panic, the frustration, and the media misinformation. When authority arrives, the anticipated help may, in fact, be anything but. Gorak and his collaborators demonstrate a restraint and attention to detail that multiply the effect of both the personal and public crises. This is ambitious and accomplished storytelling, wonderfully conceived and executed, that stands apart from similarly themed, multimillion-dollar extravaganzas that have nowhere near the tension, thoughtfulness, and impact of this very independent feature. --© Sundance Film Festival [More]

Starring: Mary McCormack, Rory Cochrane

Starring: Mary McCormack, Rory Cochrane

Director: Chris Gorak

Director: Chris Gorak
Screenwriter: Chris Gorak
Producer: Palmer West, Jonah Smith
Composer: Tomandandy
Studio: Roadside Attractions

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix

A realistic chilling post-9/11 doomsday film.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
02/15/09
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Right At Your Door effectue en somme un retour fracassant sur les deux dernières grandes tragédies ayant secoué la population états-unienne.

Full Review Source: Panorama | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jean-François Vandeuren
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Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
07/17/08
Matt Pais
Metromix.com

As a story, it's about twice as long as it should be, but as a horror experience, it's just about right.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
02/09/08
David Cornelius
DVDTalk.com

...a low-key yet sporadically tense drama...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
01/31/08
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

While Brad fumes in his tight shots, Lexi is mobile.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
10/19/07
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

Nightmarish.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
09/08/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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The acting’s pretty good, and the cinematography keeps things lively.

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09/01/07
Neil Genzlinger
New York Times
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The agitated, theatrical dialogue reaches frenzied, jackhammer proportions even during the film's supposed quiet moments; it's thoroughly draining.

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08/30/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

A pretty chilling affair.

Full Review Source: FEARnet | comment Comment
08/26/07
Scott Weinberg
FEARnet

It will rattle your comfort zone and keep you unnerved throughout.

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08/25/07
Pete Hammond
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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
08/25/07
Michael Szymanski
Hollywood.com

There's no levity at all to distract from the unrelenting horror, unless you consider the entire film to be a big sick joke

Full Review Source: New Times | comment Comment
08/25/07
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

After the Katrina tragedy, the filmmaker's fears are both well-grounded and keenly realized.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
08/24/07
Jay Antani
Boxoffice Magazine

Cunningly riffs on everything from George Romero's Night of the Living Dead and The Crazies to our current terrorist-related night-sweats.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
08/24/07
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

McCormack and Cochrane can't transcend the cliched, meandering dialogue, so Brad and Lexi's dilemma never feels like anything but a didactic contrivance.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment 1 Comment
08/24/07
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

[Stars] Cochrane and McCormack have zero chemistry and their characters are so different that they never compute as a couple.

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08/24/07
Pam Grady
San Francisco Chronicle
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Right at Your Door instead, grows more and more incredible leading up to a twist ending worthy of an O. Henry short story that is as appropriate as it is ridiculous.

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08/24/07
Pam Grady
San Francisco Chronicle
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Crosses our real-life national nightmares with a cleverly constructed thriller to create a movie that is smart, impeccably acted, and extremely unsettling.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
08/24/07
Jim Hemphill
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