The Desperate Hour

Original title: Lakewood

2021
PG-13
1h 24m

IMDb RATING

4.9/10

8.1K

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Naomi Watts in The Desperate Hour (2021)

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.

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A mother desperately races against time to save her child as authorities place her small town on lockdown.A mother desperately races against time to save her child as authorities place her small town on lockdown.A mother desperately races against time to save her child as authorities place her small town on lockdown.

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IMDb RATING

4.9/10

8.1K

YOUR RATING

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Naomi Watts

Colton Gobbo

Noah

Andrew Chown

Robert Ellis

Sierra Maltby

Emily

Michelle Johnston

Heather
(voice)

Woodrow Schrieber

Detective Paulson
(voice)

David Reale

CJ
(voice)

Jason Clarke

Greg Minor
(voice)

Debra Wilson

Dedra Wilkinson
(voice)

Christopher Marren

Peter
(as Chris Marren)

Jacqueline King Schiller

Susan

Josh Bowman

Emergency Police

Shari Flett

Norma Howley

Evelyn Wiebe

McKenzie

Rebecca Flinn-White

Misses Fischer

Edie Mirman

Amy's Mother
(voice)

Paul Pape

Lyft Driver

Ellen Dubin

Sergeant Brandt
(voice)

Director
- Phillip Noyce
Writer
- Chris Sparling
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Trivia
Filmed in North Bay, Ontario.

Goofs
Greg's cellphone number was stored in Amy's phone when he calls her back. If she wanted to speak to him specifically on his cellphone, she should have just called it (rather than calling the office landline, being patched through to him, and then requesting that he call her back on his cell).

[While not referenced in the dialogue, it is entirely possible that Greg routinely turns his personal cell phone off at work to avoid interruptions.]

Quotes
Amy Carr: Why are you asking me these questions?

Connections
Referenced in Film Junk Podcast: Episode 837: Scream Clerk (2022)

Soundtracks
We'll All Be Alright
Written by Adrianne Gonzalez, Amy Stroup and Mary Hooper
Performed by Amy Stroup x Adrianne Gonzalez (as AG)
Courtesy of Milkglass, LLC and Adrianne Gonzalez
By arrangement with Secret Road Music Services, Inc.

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Featured review

4/10

Almost Zero Human Interaction

This movie was just Watts the whole time. In the spirt of movies like this The Guilty and that flight movie where the guy is on the phone the WHOLE time. This movie was nothing new or special. I was a bit annoyed with the whole movie to be completely honest. I think the more ppl in the movie the better the movie. See I loved The Guilty but I did not like this one. Not saying you won't enjoy this one but it was just not interesting to me. I will also not be recommending it to anyone I know. As always be your own judge!