Another case of a great story handled by an inexperienced director and executed poorly. When mousy housewife Della (if you think Kim Basinger with slightly tussled hair could ever be construed as mousy) must brave the throngs of last minute shoppers at the local mall the night before Christmas she gets more than just wrapping paper. After leaving a note on the windshield of a car taking up two parking spaces, Della somehow spends a number of hours buying just a couple rolls of wrapping paper and ribbon in the crowded mall only to find herself miraculously alone in the gigantic parking lot that just moments ago was swarming with people. Psychotically angered by her mild mannered note, the bizarrely concocted gang of every racial stereotype, appearing to have come straight out of a United Colors of Benetton advertisement, confronts Della and thus begins our story. Managing to escape her would be attackers, a subsequent car chase, crash and game of hide and seek ensues. Relinquishing her quaint suburban housewife tiara, Della picks up her trusty toolbox o' blunt murderous objects to defend herself against any I Spit On Your Grave shenanigans and the hilarity begins. Any chance for the film to retain a realistic portrait of an ordinary woman thrown into an extraordinary situation is impossible after the first act of the film. Despite it's failings, While She Was Out does seem to capture that absurd B-Movie quality that was perfected in the 80's which makes for some unintentionally hilarious viewing.