The Desperate Hour (2022) Reviews & Ratings

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The Desperate Hour reviews

The Desperate Hour holds a 6.0/10 average from 488 TMDB ratings.

Just the other day I was appalled at how the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre invokes a real-life tragedy such as a high school shooting to justify its brand of gratuitous violence. On the other side of the spectrum is a film like The Desperate Hour – a reminder that the most powerful stories about such tragic events don’t focus on violence but on people. The Desperate Hour (which never even makes it physically to the sc…
— tmdb28039023 (5/10)

I was hoping that it would be another great movie playing Naomi Watts as I love most movies she's in, but sadly this one isn't one of them. This movie was super boring. It's basically Naomi Watts walking and talking on phone whole time. I couldn't endure it and just stopped watching it after 30 minutes or so and then fast forwarded and and all movie she's walking and talking on phone.
— Dean (2/10)

A woman desperately races to save her child after police place her hometown on lockdown due to an active shooter incident.

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