Phone Booth

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Summary: Don't answer that pay phone
Review: For taking place in a phone booth pretty good movie ,you can't wait to see what happens next,Colin Farrell(stu)a cocky publicist answers a phone in Manhattan and pays the price.To a sniper played by(Kiefer Sutherland)the perfect voice for this part,wants Stu to pay for his sins, the most intensted 90 min I've seen in a long time.For Jim Carey I don't know if he could of pulled it off as Stu,but who knows? Enjoy!!!

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Summary: What an action thriller is supposed to be like.
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Phone Booth is a film that, on an initial first look, I would usually dismiss as just another action thriller with nothing going for it but a handsome leading man, some guns and a whole load of laughable attempts at thrills and suspense. I'm glad I actually gave it a chance; as it turned out to be one of the most original attempts at the genre I've ever seen. The usual action thriller is so predictable and tedious it's a vigorous test just to sit through all the machismo and obligatory police shoot outs. This film manages to keep you guessing right to the very end, with twists and shocking moments that are heart stopping. It messes with your mind something chronic, and makes you question your own life and what you are doing to other people to benefit yourself. That may sound cheesy or pitiful, but I mean every word. Joel Schumacher directs the whole affair with a frenzied pace that perfectly suits the rising drama. Each moment of action is captured with precision, and makes you sit through and not take yourself away from the piece. The film is noticeably short, but it works in its favour, keeping it all tightly packed in and never letting the action slip. The actors are also exceptional, each bringing their own talents to the table. Colin Farrell is brilliant as Stu, all good looks and swagger at first, then a desperate, pleading wreck of a man later. He makes you believe everything he says and does, and should be applauded. Forest Whitaker gives a solid performance as Capt. Ramey, whilst Radha Mitchell and Katie Holmes do the business as Kelly and Pam respectively. Kiefer Sutherland is chilling as the Caller, bringing to life one of the most warped and threatening figures to film I've had the pleasure of watching (or listening to, should I say). There are also some nice little performances from the supporting players, most notably Paula Jai Parker, Arian Ash, Tia Texada, John Enos III and Keith Nobbs. If you're looking for something a little bit different and actually want to be entranced by a film, then look no further. Phone Booth is that film. Sit back and enjoy a more unsettling kind of film experience.

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Summary: Farrell's Golden Moment
Review: Colin Farrell has done an amazingly diverse amount of work. Although he's considered more a hunk than a great actor, the diversity of his work is beginning to show that this is a leading man who approaches his work like a character actor. The evil dastardly guy in "Daredevil" is so different from the prideful pompous character in "Hart's War" with "S.W.A.T.," "The Recruit," "Minority Report," and "American Outlaws" falling somewhere in between.

None of those films prepared me for the amazing climactic moment in the phone booth where he confesses his sins at the top of his lungs. The film builds to that powerful display. It really is Farrell's golden moment, breathtaking performance.

Ironically enough, in "Phone Booth" you have Farrell, an Irishman, married to Radha Mitchell as Kelly, an Australian, both sounding like authentic Yankees. Kiefer Sutherland is eerie as the phone caller. Forest Whitaker is wonderfully moving as Capt. Ramey, as he was in "Phenomenon" & "Panic Room." Dawson's Creek's Katie Holmes does a nice job in her little cameo. I also loved the loudmouthed prostitute, Texada I believe is her name.

Director Joel Schumaker directed Farrell in his breakout film "Tigerland" and also in "Veronica Guerin." So they obviously have a good and wonderful working relationship. (It'll be interesting to see what Schumaker does with "Phantom of the Opera" and how Colin Farrell does as Alexander the Great this year.) I like the fact that the film is 80 minutes. It doesn't belabor the point, doesn't drag, & builds with a deadly precision. I've often thought that this could be a film that would lend itself to adaptation to the stage. Others may call it "B", but it's an A+ in my book. Hooray!

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Summary: Well, hell. I really liked it
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Phone Booth has gotten mixed reviews, including being slammed by Amazon's reviewers themselves, but damn, I really liked it. Yeah, it could have been cut, with perhaps the saved time being used to develop further the relationship with the mistress wannabe and with the wife. But still. I was on the edge of my seat each time that creepy voice on the other end of the line chuckled and commanded the poor guy to reach for the gun overhead. Although the tension was high, the end was predictable - but if for nothing else, the movie is worth watching just for the scenes with the hookers who want that guy OUT of the phone booth.

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Summary: AWESOME THRILLER!!!
Review: Stu Shephard was an awesome chsracter for Colin Farrel to play. I love the New York voice, it is very convincing. I watched it about 5 times & really enjoyed this film!!! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND

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Summary: Dust collector
Review: A suspense thriller, a really good one, is suppose to hold your attention and keep your nerves taut even while the credits are rolling. "Phonebooth" is really not one of these. First off let's look at the plot: A jerky publicist, Colin Farrell, walks into one of the remaining phonebooths in Manhattan to call a potential candidate for an extramarital affair. A psycho sniper rings the phone and engages him in a "look scared, or I'll shoot you" game. Why a phonebooth, it is in keeping with his slimy character. He doesn't want his wife (Radha Mitchell) to trace his cell phone records. As I remember in the opening scene, Farrell's assisstant was holding three cell phones, why didn't he just use one of these? Frankly, I avoid using any public phones these days, besides the Radha Mitchell character seemed like a really nice lady, the kind that doesn't go around tracing her husband's whereabouts. Another hole in this movie is why did the sniper (Kiefer Sutherland) pick him? Couldn't the movie focus on the others that he has killed, like the childmolester or the scumbag wallstreet investor? We all have brief fantasies about cleaning the streets of these kind. The movie just never set the tone right from the begining. And Sutherland's voice gets comical after a while. It is a beautiful voice for narrating a 30 secs car commercial driving thru a Bavarian countryside, but jeeze, I was wishing that Chris Tucker or Pee Pee Herman would take over the role in the middle of the movie. I think this movie expected its viewers to go along with its premise and sympathies with the Farrell character. It failed to recognize that suspense thriller fans have nasty habits of trying to outwit the antagonist along with the main character and worst yet, these fans get really picky when it comes to plausibility. "In the Line of Fire" with Clint Eastwood, Renee Russo and John Malcovich as the psycho sniper is a much better deal and a good example on how to hold an audience in suspense. "Phonebooth" however is distined to be a dust collector.

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Summary: A Dynamite Performance By Colin Farrell & Keifer Sutherland
Review: This film is one of the best fims of 2003,I believe.The story is about a publicist named Stu Shepard(Colin Farrell) who lies to his clients and walks into a Manhattan phonebooth every day to call his mistress Pam(Katie Holmes) who has no idea he's married.
One day after calling her,he hangs up the phone and it begins to ring.After he picks up the phone a man known only as The Caller
(Kiefer Sutherland) starts rattling on about how a ringing phone has to be answered.After a couple minutes The Caller begins to tell Stu he killed people with his rifle and other things.After some hookers try to use the phone and Stu tells them to go away they bring their friend Leo who gets shot by The Caller and now everyone believes it's Stu who shot him.Now a standoff ensues and Stu is still inside the phonebooth talking to The Caller,the film manages to keep you entertained for the 65 minutes of an eighty minute movie that Stu is in the phonebooth.I cannot imagine Jim Carrey in the role of Stu Shepard at all and Colin Farrell gives a dynamite performance.Enjoy!!!

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Summary: I'm Coming Out Of The Boooooooth
Review: I've always said that Hollywood can smooch my behind when it comes to action or suspense films, but every now and again a decent movie slips through the cracks. I think Phonebooth qualifies. It's a Hollywood film that plays out like an independent film. No, it's not gonna become a classic, nor will it win any awards, but it's quite entertaining in a 70s/80s B movie way. It's kept pretty clever and original by being simple. In fact, I'm sure most of the budget went to the actors' salaries. What made me give this film a look wasn't the director, Schumacher(a man you can never trust coz of his frequent hits and misses), but the writer, Larry Cohen. I've always been a big Larry Cohen fan, and it's interesting to see him involved with a production like this. He directed the horror classics, God Told Me To(brainwashing alien Jesus impersonator), It's Alive(killer mutant baby), and The Stuff(remember? about the addictive killer dessert that turns people into zombie-like lunatics?), and 70s blaxploitation flicks like Black Caesar. No wonder Phonebooth has a nostalgic feel to it. Check it out if you haven't already. It's not the kind of movie you can watch over and over again, but it does have the power to give you some cheap thrills for 80+ minutes.

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Summary: A Suspense Movie
Review: I saw this movie not too long ago and I expected somewhat more of it. The beginning and middle were good, but the ending wasn't good...or at least as good as I thought it'd be. But I do like the storyline, a man who is dishonest and a liar answers a pay phone and finds himself talking to a killer who killed multiple men in the past. The ending is very suspenseful but...well I won't give it away. When you see the ending, you can decide for yourself if it was good or not.

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Summary: THE BEST THRILLER
Review: This movie does a good job at keeping you entertained when the whole movie takes place in a booth. The sniper's voice is menacing. They sware way to much. Not like any other movie you'll find. I found the ending weird because they never caught the real sniper. Unrealistic on how the cops picked up it as a sniper situation.