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Summary: Great Great Movie!
Review: It's Scary and thrilling. If you like Colin Farrel, then see this movie. It's great. I will always watch this movie no matter what. That's how good it is. So get it or see it today!Rated: R For Pervasive Language and Some Violence. Running Time: 81 Minutes.
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Summary: To answer, or not to answer: that is the question...
Review: For a movie that's set directly inside a phone booth for approximately 95% of its running time, 'Phone Booth' is actually quite good. If you saw the trailer for it you were probably asking yourself how a whole movie could take place in just one spot (hence: "where's the action?"). Rest assured, there is not a dull moment. You pretty much know the basis here: Colin Farrell gets held hostage inside a telephone cubicle by a sniper who boasts a creepily captivating voice. And to be honest, that is pretty much it. There is an ample story behind why Stu (Farrell) is held there, though that itself is probably the reason the movie becomes predictable towards the very end. Predictability seems to be an irreversible (and almost tolerable) tactic for movies nowadays, but I do have to say an ending more along the lines of a movie like 'Seven' might've been more stirring and exalting. Am I alone? Besides the culminating predictability, other down notes include: the running time--a mere 88 minutes--and on a more materialistic note, the DVD special features. In essence, there are none. All you get is some commentary and the infamous theatrical trailer. Do not let my take on the ending and my displeasure with the DVD extras convince you not to watch this movie. This is an exciting flick that will certainly keep you on the edge of your seat from the pick-up to the hang-up. Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell, and even Katie Holmes give supporting performances worthy of mention. But in the end, it's the guy who picks up the phone, Colin Farrell, that makes this movie so neat and exhilarating. 'Phone Booth' is a good unique movie. So if you were intrigued by the trailer, you will undoubtedly enjoy the show. Pick it up.
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Summary: Lots of unexpected thrills
Review: Colin Farrell stars in this thriller. His character, a selfish work-aholic, answers a pay phone. The caller threatens his life if he doesn't start donating his time to his loves ones. The thrills begin the moment the phone rings. Every scene after that makes "Phone Booth" worth watching at least once. The intensity keeps the audience asking themselves what will happen next. Forrest Wittacker and Katie Holmes give wonderful performances as a cop and Farrell's concerned and second girlfriend. One will not be disappointed after watching this movie.
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Summary: The phone rings. Colin Farrell picks it up. Big mistake!
Review: Hang on to your seats folks. Slip this 2002 film into your DVD player and you're in for a ride of a lifetime. It kept me totally involved with my eyes glued to the screen for every one of its 88 minutes, which seemed to fly by in an instant. Funny thing is that this is a simple film, with bascially only one scene and just a few excellent actors. I loved it. Colin Farrell is cast as a fast-talking publicist who we first meet on the streets of New York, doing elaborate deals and telling lies into his cell phone. He's full of ego and thinks he's on top of the world. However, every day at the same time, he stops into a phone booth to call a young actress who he is romancing. She doesn't know he's married, and he doesn't tell her. When he's ready to leave the booth, the phone rings. He picks it up. Big mistake. Now we hear the voice of a sniper who's in one of the buildings near the booth. He wants the publicist to confess his infidelities to his wife and girlfriend and threatens to kill him if he doesn't follow instructions. What follows is an intense drama in which the tension never lets up. The screenplay by Larry Cohen is tightly conceived and there isn't a wasted word or a superfluous character. And Colin Farrell shines in his role, which has to be an actor's dream. Kiefer Sutherland is cast as the caller and Forrest Whitiker as the cop who is in charge of the police action on the scene. Radha Mitchell is cast as the wife, Katie Holmes is the girlfriend. And one of the best scenes in the film is when a trio of hookers demand to use the phone booth. All the acting is excellent. And the New York City atmosphere is definitely authentic. I can't say enough good things about this film. It even has a moral to it. Highly recommended.
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Summary: A too short but entertaining thriller
Review: Joel Schumacher proves once again with Phone Booth that he's much better at handling more serious movies. He did a good job with Tigarlands and A Time to Kill, Lost Boys and Flatliners weren't bad either. So the guy has talent, you just can't see that by watching Batman & Robin lol. Colin Farrell (DareDevil, Tigarlands) stars as Stu a jerk who plays people how he sees fit. He thinks he's better than other people and he gets knocked down a big notch. He uses a pay phone to call a potenial actress (Katie Holmes) who he's interested in sleeping with....when he's married. A mysterious and menacing man (Kiefer Sutherland) calls after his call with her from that pay phone telling him not to hang up or he'll kill him. The Sniper kills someone who was trying to get Stu to get off the phone and the cops come thinking Stu did it. Stu has to convince a cop (well played by Forest Whitiker) that he's not the shooter without actually saying he's not. He also of course has to find a way to get out of the phone booth alive. Phone Booth is an entertaining edge of your seat thriller even if it doesn't work entirely. For instance it's silly that it starts out with a Twilight Zone type narration introducing Stu. The film is too short and we never learn much about the sniper. We don't learn why he finds the need to interfere in people's lives and try to play social worker....but with a sniper rifle. Kiefer Sutherland is great though even if it is just a voice over role. He's menacing and extremely scary, yet some how even amusing. Colin Farrell is very good as well in a role so many big stars such as Jim Carrey turned down. Farrel does so well making the role his that I couldn't have pictured anybody else in the role. Phone Booth is short like I said but it does hold your attention the entire time and is still worth checking out.
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Summary: A Highly-Charged Thriller
Review: In the span of 75 minutes, the directors of "Phonebooth" have packed a ton of fast-paced psychological suspense that will be sure to glue audiences to the screen. Colin Farrell gives a superior performance as Stu Shepard, a sleazy publicist for struggling actors. Stu decides to use a phonebooth to make a call and his life changes forever. While in the booth, the phone rings, Stu answers, and he soon discovers that a psychopath with a high-powered rifle is on the other end. Soon, Stu is begging for his life as the caller (Kiefer Sutherland) asks Stu to answer questions about his infidelity to his wife Kelly, played by Radha Mitchell, his infatuation with Pamela McFadden (Katie Holmes), a young actress he has become involved with, and also bearing his soul to other things as well. Meanwhile, a group of hookers try to get Stu out of the phonebooth, but he won't leave. Finally, the pimp comes over to try, but he ends up getting shot by the caller. Instantly, the hookers think that Stu is the shooter, and soon the phonebooth is surrounded by police and SWAT team members. Captain Ramey, played by Forrest Whitaker, attempts to talk Stu out of the phoneboot, but to no avail. Finally, Stu is able to alert the police with his cell phone about the sniper. This is an excellent DVD. The pop-up screens really help the viewer follow the action more closely. Colin Farrell, Forrest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell, and Katie Holmes all give excellent performances throughout the movie. The viewer only gets to see Kiefer Sutherland briefly at the end, but his voice really makes the caller scary and menacing. Watch this highly entertaining psychological thriller. You'll never want to use a phonebooth again.
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Summary: A Tearjerker
Review: Perhaps that isn't the first word that comes to mind as you saw previews for this movie. It looks innovative, suspenseful & dramatic, but a tearjerker? Well, I lost it. This movie does take place in a phone booth and it does have action and drama and suspense but above all it has heart. And the cast. Colin Farrell rocks. The dude carries this movie. The message of the movie is also awesome and the it gives you some thought provoking stuff to talk about after the movie. See it.
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Summary: Phone Booth
Review: Phone booth was a complete disappointment. I am 14 years old, and I tried to watch this film with my father. We made it about a quarter of the way through the film and then we had to turn it off. The language is atrocious. The rating is R for "provasive language and some violence", but it should say "extreme profanity". Despite this, the movie wasn't even good. A guy is stupid enough to answer a ringing phone in a booth, blah blah blah. The ending was probably okay, but because of constant cursing, I wouldn't know. So if you're looking for a family movie, Phone booth is not the right route to take.
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Summary: Phone Booth
Review: I thought this movie was excellent. It was very different from all the other movies out there now. And the script kept your attention to see what would happen next. The twist at the end, made it worth while.
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Summary: MISSES THE MARK...
Review: This film is a moderately entertaining thriller, at best, with moments of suspense that are few and far between. The plot, while promising, is too contrived and fails in its execution. It is saved from total failure only by the excellent performances given by Colin Ferrell and Kiefer Sutherland. Their performances, however, are not enough to make this film any more than a mediocre one. Colin Ferrell plays the role of Stu Shepard, a guy from the Bronx, who is a fast talking, self-important publicist for those celebrities who want to be more important than they are or deserve to be. His wife Kelly (Radha Mitchell) is a beautiful young woman. Yet, she is not enough for the adrenaline charged Stu, who is lusting after another young woman, a beautiful and aspiring actress named Pamela (Katie Holmes), who has no idea Stu is married. When Stu enters a phone booth in midtown Manhattan one day to call Pamela, he answers the phone when it rings and gets a call that will change his life forever and bring about some self-realization. It seems that out mystery caller, played with effectively creepy resonance by Kiefer Sutherland, has had his sights on Stu for some time. Now, he has Stu right where he wants him, and Stu, for reasons the viewer will find out when watching the movie, has no choice but to play along and stay exactly where he is in this deadly game of cat and mouse. This film suffers from a leaden screenplay that brings the entire film to the level of a B movie that should have gone straight to video. In fact, do yourself a favor and avoid buying this film. Instead, settle for renting it, if you are a Colin Ferrell or Kiefer Sutherland fan. If you are not, deduct one star from my rating.
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