Shadow Hours Explained

Shadow Hours
Director:Isaac H. Eaton
Producer:Isaac H. Eaton
Music:Brian Tyler
Cinematography:Frank Byers
Studio:5150 Productions
Newmark Films Inc.
Seven Arts Productions
Distributor:Newmark Films Inc. (USA)
Runtime:95 min.
Country:United States
Language:English
Gross:$38,181[1]

Shadow Hours is a 2000 American thriller directed, written and produced by Isaac H. Eaton. It premiered in competition during the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.[2]

Plot

Michael Holloway is a recovering addict working as a gas station attendant to support his pregnant wife, Chloe. He is then drawn into the seedy underworld of Los Angeles by Stuart, a mysterious and wealthy stranger.

Cast

Reception

Shadow Hours received mixed to negative reviews. The film holds a 14% approval rating on the review aggregator website, Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 2.7/10 based on an aggregation of 14 reviews.[3] Metacritic, which uses a weighted mean, assigned a score of 26 out of 100, based on reviews from 13 film critics.[4] Lawrence Van Gelder of The New York Times wrote that "Rarely has debauchery been such a bore",[5] whereas Maitland McDonagh of TV Guide had a less harsh opinion, calling the movie "a very entertaining, if thoroughly silly, morality tale" and giving it four out of five stars.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: June 7, 2013. Shadow Hours (2000). Box Office Mojo.
  2. Web site: June 7, 2013. Shadow Hours. Sundance Institute.
  3. Web site: Shadow Hours (2000). Rotten Tomatoes. June 7, 2013.
  4. Web site: Shadow Hours Reviews . . . June 7, 2013.
  5. Web site: Shadow Hours - FILM REVIEW; Night Crawlers, Beware: You Could Lose Your Soul. . June 7, 2013.
  6. Web site: Shadow Hours: Review. TV Guide. June 7, 2013.