The Desperate Hour

Time is Running Out


The Desperate Hour
Recently widowed mother Amy Carr is doing her best to restore normalcy to the lives of her young daughter and teenage son in their small town. As she’s on a jog in the woods, she finds her town thrown into chaos as a shooting takes place at her son’s school. Miles away, on foot in the dense forest, Amy desperately races against time to save her son.

Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Run like a mother ...
Run like a mother ...

Credits

Cast
Naomi Watts, Colton Gobbo, Andrew Chown, Sierra Maltby, Michelle Johnston, Woodrow Schrieber, David Reale
Director
Phillip Noyce
ScreenplayChris Sparling
MusicFil Eisler
CinematographyJohn Brawley
EditingLee Haugen
Made in2021
Produced byBoies Schiller Entertainment, Limelight, Stratagem Pictures, Untapped

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USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly CautionedRated PG-13 for thematic content and some strong language
Runtime84
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.


CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit
13 +
Positive messages
3
Positive role models
3
Violence
3
Sex
0
Language
3
Consumerism
2
Drinking, drugs, smoking
0

Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Metacritic.com
24 critics
7
Rottentomatoes critics
66 critics
9
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconNaomi Watts gives it her all, but The Desperate Hour falls short as a thriller as well as social commentary.
6
CommonSenseMedia
Kat Halstead quote iconTense school shooting thriller has some language, threat.
10

What the People say

IMDB
1590 Netizens
9
The Movie DB
Community
12

Average .. 44%

9

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