SummaryHelen (Patricia Clarkson), a recently widowed doctor, returns home to her isolated cottage off the Canadian coast to find a stranger with a gunshot wound (Scott Speedman) hiding out from two men intent on killing him. As an ominous storm brews outside, trapping the pair on the island, they must join forces to survive a harrowing night of terror, ... Read More
Directed By:Ruba Nadda
Written By:Ruba Nadda
October Gale
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Mixed or Average
48
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Generally Favorable
6.3
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
48
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90% Mixed
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Mar 3, 2015
70
The performances in October Gale subvert genre expectations: Clarkson displays toughness and resolve without turning into Liam Neeson, and the distressed Speedman is as vulnerable as he is determined.
Mar 27, 2015
50
Clarkson is fascinating to watch, but the denouement is quick and flat. A storm blows over unexcitedly, as does this film.
Mar 12, 2015
50
The action unwinds with the mechanical artifice of a creaky play, though Nadda creates a few strikingly cinematic moments.
Mar 5, 2015
50
Ms. Clarkson and Mr. Speedman do what they can with their underwritten and overly contrived roles... Late in the game, Tim Roth boats in as Tom, a local with a grudge, and shocks the movie to life by throwing some lightning bolts of his own.
Mar 5, 2015
50
October Gale plays like an adaptation of a quick outline for a romantic thriller, rushed into production before anyone got around to actually writing the screenplay and fleshing things out.
Mar 1, 2015
50
The film begins as a moodily introspective drama about grief before implausibly morphing into a stale thriller.
Mar 4, 2015
40
This dramatic thriller is a ball of confusion, but with barely any bounce. The one reason to see it: Patricia Clarkson’s subtle star turn.
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6.3
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Jan 27, 2018
6
Despite the fact that the story is not original, that the movie is predictable and that the beginning is very slow and admittedly quite boring, it was still an okay watch. I mean the last half hour was at the very least a little bit entertaining and the acting was actually quite good. Watch it on a friday night where you have an hour and a half to spare.
Production Company:
- Killer Films
- Foundry Films
- Pacific Northwest Pictures
- Blue Ice Pictures
Release Date:Mar 6, 2015
Duration:1 h 31 m
Awards
Vancouver International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Directors Guild of Canada
• 1 Nomination
