Shadow Hours
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{{Infobox film
| name = Shadow Hours
| image = ShadowHoursDVDCoverAmazon.jpg
| alt = A man is suspended facing up by ropes tied to his wrists and torso. Up from him is a giant clock display.
| caption = US DVD cover.
| director = Isaac H. Eaton
| producer = Isaac H. Eaton
| writer = Isaac H. Eaton
| starring = {{Plain list|
| music = Brian Tyler
| cinematography = Frank Byers
| editing =
| studio = 5150 Productions
Newmark Films Inc.
Seven Arts Productions
| distributor = Newmark Films Inc. (USA)
| released = {{Film date|2000|07|17|Limited}}
| runtime = 95 min.
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
}}
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.{{cite web|accessdate=June 7, 2013|url=http://history.sundance.org/films/2421/shadow_hours|title=Shadow Hours|publisher=Sundance Institute|archive-date=July 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728035658/http://history.sundance.org/films/2421/shadow_hours|url-status=live}}
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
- Balthazar Getty as Michael Holloway
- Peter Weller as Stuart Chappell
- Rebecca Gayheart as Chloe Holloway
- Peter Greene as Detective Steve Andrianson
- Frederic Forrest as Sean
- Brad Dourif as Roland Montague
- Michael Dorn as Detective Thomas Greenwood
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.{{cite web|title=Shadow Hours (2000)|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1098282-1098282-shadow_hours/|accessdate=June 7, 2013|archive-date=August 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820233330/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1098282-1098282-shadow_hours|url-status=live}} Metacritic, which uses a weighted mean, assigned a score of 26 out of 100, based on reviews from 13 film critics.{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/shadow-hours |title=Shadow Hours Reviews |work=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=June 7, 2013 |archive-date=December 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218170117/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/shadow-hours |url-status=live }} Lawrence Van Gelder of The New York Times wrote that "Rarely has debauchery been such a bore",{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0CE4DE163BF937A25754C0A9669C8B63 |title=Shadow Hours - FILM REVIEW; Night Crawlers, Beware: You Could Lose Your Soul|work=The New York Times |accessdate=June 7, 2013}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/shadow-hours/review/134813|title=Shadow Hours: Review|work=TV Guide|accessdate=June 7, 2013}}{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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