Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Fresh and Exciting

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

This film definitely does not deserve all the hate. It was a good solid thriller, the acting was good, and so was the cinematography. Although there was some slight homage to the Shining, it was far from being predictable or derivative, and it kept the viewer guessing until close to the end. Perhaps to help out the less- informed viewer, one of the characters should have explained the "shut-in syndrome" at the outset, knowledge of which might have added to the intrigue for some of those panning this well-made indie movie.

A psychologist (played by Naomi Watts) caring for her catatonic teen, son (Charlie Heaton) who needs 24 hour care faces a snowstorm that can leave them cut off from the rest of the town for a few days. That wouldn't be so bad; but there is the possibility of a dead boy haunting Watts. A boy whom she was treating for anger issues; a boy who may blame Watts for being sent away; a boy who may not have died. As the storm approaches, Watts' supernatural experiences become more terrifying (to the character, not so much to the audience). Is she being tormented by the boy's angry spirit, or is the boy still alive? Or is Watts' guilt over how she handled the boy's case and how she treated Heaton prior to his accident finally overwhelmed her mind, causing her to lose her sanity a little at a time?My most memorable, movie moment is the scene when Watts' friend sees through the computer camera something that reveals what is really going on."Shut In" gets a low grade because the main character makes one stupid decision after another throughout most of the movie. An example: she wants to get out of the house, but the doors and windows are nailed shut. The windows are flimsy, so what would you do? For Watts, instead of breaking a window, she panics and runs around and decides to break a skylight. If she's not concerned with making all kinds of noise by breaking a skylight, why not just break one of the ground floor windows and get out in less than five seconds?"Shut In" would have received a much, much lower grade had it not been for the twist in the third act. I have to admit, the movie suckered me into thinking one way, and I was pleasantly surprised to find my thinking was erroneous.My last criticisms of this movie are these: there were too many similarities to "The Shining" during the third act — if you watch this movie and have seen "The Shining," you'll see; and the creepiness factor of the bathroom scene (you'll know which one) is so high it'll make every woman cringe, unless you're really, really kinky.Mannysmemorablemoviemoments

I watched this on Netflix just today and I think it was worth my time watching it. Niomi Watts was great as always and also a good performance from Charlie Heaton of Stranger Things fame as the teen son who is confined to a wheelchair and in need of constant care from his mother following a road accident. We learn towards the end that he is not really disabled, it was all a ruse although I don't see how he could fake it for six months after expert medical examination. A tense and suspenseful movie but with more then a few holes in the plot.

What a clunker!!! Remember the first 5 minutes of Dumb and Dumber 2, where Jim Carrey faked being comatose for 20 years as a practical joke, then jumped up and said "Gotcha!"??? These clowns tried to make a suspenseful horror flick out of the same premise, and it just didn't work. Pass this one by, folks - just pass it by.