
A doctor takes in a mysterious man who washes ashore at her remote cottage with a gunshot wound. Quickly they both learn the killer has arrived to finish the job, while a storm has cut them off from the mainland.... (Full plot summary below)
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A doctor takes in a mysterious man who washes ashore at her remote cottage with a gunshot wound. Quickly they both learn the killer has arrived to finish the job, while a storm has cut them off from the mainland.
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| Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)John WirtPatricia Clarkson keeps 'October Gale' from completely sinking. |
| New York TimesManohla DargisMs. 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. |
| The Film StageJared MobarakWhen I wasn't laughing at the absurdity of where things go I was bored out of my mind waiting for long silent stares hiding nothing to finally turn into action. |
| Toronto SunLiz BraunOctober Gale is a quiet thriller set in the wilds of Georgian Bay. It's an uneven movie with some odd jolts in the story, but the performances -- especially from Patricia Clarkson -- are noteworthy. |
| National PostChris Knight[Clarkson and Speedman's] strong performances carry the viewer over any narrative bald patches to a sudden and yet satisfying conclusion. |
| Screen InternationalDaniel HorowitzThe film is a fine showcase of all things Canadian, including sweeping aerial cinematography of Georgian Bay and the filmmakers' uncanny ability to enter a genre and think outside the proverbial box. |
| New York ObserverRex ReedOctober Gale features picturesque scenery, crisply photographed by Jeremy Benning, and composed in shots that could pass for glossy tourist postcards. The two stars are pretty to look at, but Canada is hard to upstage. |
| The DissolveMike D'AngeloOctober 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. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenThe action unwinds with the mechanical artifice of a creaky play, though Nadda creates a few strikingly cinematic moments. |
| Toronto StarRichard OuzounianWriter-director Ruba Nadda is wonderful at building up suspense for the first half of her latest film. But once she's got our attention, she has nowhere to go with it. |