This modest Christmas film features Kim Basinger in the role of Della, a woman who is seeking to break out from her role as the submissive wife of an abusive husband.
It is Christmas eve, and Della is out at the mall doing some last-minute shopping. There are minor inconveniences of the barista misspelling Della's name on the coffee cup, an over-drawn credit card, and a driver who has thoughtlessly parked his car overlapping another space.
Despite the good performance of Miss Basinger, the film turns into a by-the-numbers cat-and-mouse game when Stella is harassed by a group of thugs, then chased through a forest in a dance of death.
The most improbable part of the plot is the tool box carried by Della, from which she draws the instruments to repel her pursuers. The hooligans are some of the most incompetent and stupid young men that one will ever encounter in a film.
As a vehicle for Miss Basinger, the film offered the actress of wide range of choices from the meek house frau to the caring mom to the undaunted survivalist, who will stop at nothing to celebrate Christmas with those dearest to her.
It is Christmas eve, and Della is out at the mall doing some last-minute shopping. There are minor inconveniences of the barista misspelling Della's name on the coffee cup, an over-drawn credit card, and a driver who has thoughtlessly parked his car overlapping another space.
Despite the good performance of Miss Basinger, the film turns into a by-the-numbers cat-and-mouse game when Stella is harassed by a group of thugs, then chased through a forest in a dance of death.
The most improbable part of the plot is the tool box carried by Della, from which she draws the instruments to repel her pursuers. The hooligans are some of the most incompetent and stupid young men that one will ever encounter in a film.
As a vehicle for Miss Basinger, the film offered the actress of wide range of choices from the meek house frau to the caring mom to the undaunted survivalist, who will stop at nothing to celebrate Christmas with those dearest to her.