{{more citations needed|date=January 2013}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{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| * Balthazar Getty * Peter Weller * Rebecca Gayheart}} | music = Brian Tyler | cinematography = Frank Byers | editing = | studio = 5150 Productions <br /> Newmark Films Inc. <br /> Seven Arts Productions | distributor = Newmark Films Inc. <small>(USA)</small> | released = {{Film date|2000|07|17|Limited}} | runtime = 95 min. | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = $38,181<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=June 7, 2013|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=shadowhours.htm|title=Shadow Hours (2000)|publisher=Box Office Mojo|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306202246/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=shadowhours.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> }}
'''''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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==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.<ref name=www.rottentomatoes.com>{{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}}</ref> Metacritic, which uses a weighted mean, assigned a score of 26 out of 100, based on reviews from 13 film critics.<ref name="Metacritic">{{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 }}</ref> Lawrence Van Gelder of ''The New York Times'' wrote that "Rarely has debauchery been such a bore",<ref name="The New York Times">{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="TV Guide">{{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 }}</ref>
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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0226430|Shadow Hours}}
Category:2000 films Category:2000 thriller films Category:American thriller films Category:Films scored by Brian Tyler Category:Films set in Los Angeles Category:2000 English-language films Category:2000 American films Category:English-language thriller films