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Summary: OPERATOR?? HELLO?? HELLO??
Review: This was an absolute waste of time and money. I could have written a better script with half a sheet of paper and a crayon! I am just glad that I rented this and did not pay for it at the movies! Rent or buy something else.
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Summary: Seemingly Short, But Good!
Review: Because the whole plot of this movie takes place inside a phone booth, the outcome seemed short. However, I thought it was good and taught an excellent moral of telling the truth; something the main character, whom Colin Farrel potrays, does not live up to. I reccomend this to someone who feels like watching an intense movie that you can really get into.
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Summary: Phone Booth - Enticing Idea Falls Short, Rings Hollow
Review: This film has a good cast, solid performances, and an interesting idea to launch the story. Unfortunately, the plot is thin, too short (less than 90 minutes for a live action movie!), and depends mostly upon the verbal dialogue of a character who is not on screen until the last moments of the film. It also has a somewhat dark ending which may disappoint many viewers (though I think the ending is actually creative by not having a feel good resolution). The film can make the viewer begin to think about the topic of integrity and self-honesty, although it is hard to do so when the character who invites the topic is a meticulous serial killer. The DVD has a wide screen version on one side and the TV screen version on the other, with limited bonus features. This is a movie to see on video or TV - if you watched it in the theater you may feel short-changed and peeved at the director for leaving you hanging.
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Summary: What a long 80 minutes
Review: I started watching this film and feel asleep about one third of the way through. Had heard it was good so re-wound the tape again and started all over. Hated all the crude and vulgar language which added nothing to the film. Got a little past the part that I had watched the first time. Guess what - woke up when the ending credits were showing. What a waste of time, not only once but a second time.
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Summary: BRIEF AND ENTERTAINING MOVIE.
Review: "Phone Booth" is a brief, entertaining and brisk film. I can believe that it was directed by the same director of the pathetic movies "Batman Forever" and "Batman & Robin"; this time Joel Schumacher did the things right."Phone Booth" tells the story of Stu Shepard (Colin Farrell), an egocentric, manipulative, and self-centered publicist who claims to love his wife, but he seems to have a new love interest, a young actress named Pamela (the beautiful Katie Holmes); he constantly escapes to a phone booth to call her. But one day, after he calls Pamela, the phone begins to ring, Stu answers the phone and after a few minutes he realizes that he made a mistake; the person who called him is a psychotic (Kiefer Sutherland) who seems to be obsessed with Stu, he knows all the details of his life and then the psycho informs him that if he doesn't confess his sins, he'll be shot. The thing gets better when the psycho kills a man and everybody thinks that Stu kill that man; of course, the police arrive to the murder scene with itchy fingers on the trigger. Also the wife and Pamela arrive to the scene, so now Stu must think something to save his own life and the life of innocent people. The movie's pace is very fast and the editing is very cool, like in the TV action series "24". Farrell is good as Stu, but Kiefer Sutherland steals the show, he is a great villain in this movie with his creepy voice. "Phone Booth" should entertain most of the people.
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Summary: lets face it, this movie ...
Review: it started out as a good movie, but it had no variety..the entire time this guy was in the phone booth, talking to this killer..who you already knew if you paid attention to the first part of the movie..it all became very boring, the commentary is better than the actual movie, its clear what this movie was getting at..but it had no variety in doing so, and i think thats why i was so dissapointed.
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Summary: Enough!!!Just hang up!!!
Review: I found myself enjoying this movie....for about 10 minutes. I will refrain from giving away any specific details for those of you who may still want to see this movie after reading this, but this is certainly not the kind of movie that you want to watch over and over again...unless you want to squeeze in an entire movie while waiting for clothes to dry or something. The movie is insanely short, but seems to drag on forever, and in the end, gives you nothing for your time. There are some memorable spots...Keifer Sutherland's role is solid and, at times, Farrell makes a good effort to resurect the movie from the dreadful script. In the end, it just doesn't come together. The plot is too weak. Still worthy of a rental.
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Summary: The Voice of Kiefer Sutherland is not Enough
Review: All we hear is the voice of Kiefer Sutherland. Kiefer is good but he can't save this movie that is played out in very bad taste. Every other word seems to be a four letter word. It made the movie very uncomfortable to watch. What a shame because the idea behind the plot was very good. Children should not watch this movie.
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Summary: Chilling Movie, But They Could Have Cut Down on the Language
Review: I rented this movie only because I assumed it was PG-13... boy was I wrong. Once I started watching the film, I knew why it was rated R. They use the "f" word at least 150 times. I'm not kidding. If you don't squirm at the sound of the "f" word when being used numerous times, this movie is for you. Apart from the ghastly language, this movie is excellent. It all starts with a publicist (Colin Farrell), Stu Shepard, attempting to cheat on his wife, Kelly, he calls one of his clients. When done speaking to her, the telephone rings without explanation. Stu curiously answers it. The caller (Keifer Sutherland) tells him (one of my favorite lines): "Isn't it funny? A telephone rings--it could be almost anybody. But a ringing phone has to be answered, doesn't it? Don't even think about hanging up. You are going to learn to obey me." Chilling, isn't it? Anyway, Stu thinks it's a prank call and tries to tell the mysterious caller to leave him alone when the caller tells him he knows everything about him, where he lives, and WHO he is. The caller plays "games" with Stu and has him confess his "crimes" (sins) to Pam, his "girlfriend", and just blurt out nonsense so that it's just fun and games to the sniper. This is just when everything gets strange. The caller tells him he has a telescopic lense rifle... As Stu hogs the entire booth, some women from a club get angry and bring their manager over so that they can use the phone. After Stu kills the manager (actually, the caller kills the man with his rifle)--as said by some onlookers--the police emerge, asking Stu to get out of the phone booth and to give them the weapon. Stu continues to go through these "you-better-do-what-I-say-'cause-I-got-a-rifle" cycles and finally steps out of the booth after at least a whole hour of the movie. The caller shoots him from a hotel window. But the caller gets away... I won't say how that happens... you'll just have to watch the film yourself...
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Summary: Let it Ring
Review: The movie Phone Booth was released by Fox 2000 Pictures in April 2003 and has a running time of 80 minutes. Joel Schumacher directed Phone Booth and the cast includes some Hollywood heavyweights. Colin Farrell, a native of Ireland, plays
Stu Shepard, the main character. Other cast members include Forest Whitaker (Capt. Ramsey), Katie Holmes (Pamela), Radha Mitchell (Kelly Shepard), and Kiefer Sutherland (serial killer).
Colin Farrell plays Stu Shepard, a slick, arrogant New York City publicist who is cheating on his wife (Radha Mitchell) with Pam (Katie Holmes). Stu's life is thrown into chaos when he picks up a ringing phone in a phone booth after placing a call to Pamela. The person on the other end of the line knows all about his life and threatens to kill Stu if he hangs up the phone. He must confess his "crimes" to his wife or face execution by the sniper.
When the sniper kills a man next to the phone booth, it draws the attention of the police, who arrive backed with a small army of sharpshooters. They believe that Stu, not the unseen caller of whom they remain unaware, is the dangerous man with a gun. But unbeknownst to Ramey, his team, the media circus that has flocked to the site - and Stu's wife, Kelly, and his client /prospective girlfriend, Pamela - the caller has them all in his high-powered rifle sights. As afternoon turns into evening, Stu, the embodiment of an unethical, self-serving existence, must now undertake a sudden and unexpected moral evolution.
"It's a unique place to be trapped - right in the middle of the city, surrounded by thousands of people. I imagined a scenario in which you couldn't get out of the phone booth, that it would become like a glass coffin. You're in plain view of everybody else and no one knows that you're being terrorized inside this phone booth. The ultimate trap" says Larry Cohen, writer of the film.
I feel this movie deserves a rating of 4 stars, out of five. The movie set almost entirely in one place, a phone booth, was able to maintain a reasonable level of excitement and suspense. While Stu remained defiant at first, he soon realizes he cannot outwit the killer. While ultimately you know Stu will live, he could still lose his wife or be responsible for the death of an innocent bystander. Stu rises to the challenge and saves not only his life, but that of his wife, client and of Capt. Ramsey. While watching the film, one can't help but imagine what we would do if faced with the same scenario; confronting an enemy you've never met, who cannot be reasoned with and who is intent on killing you for your moral "crimes". Stu's fear was palpable and ultimately wins by remaining head strong and confessing to his wife what he had done; but not for the snipers benefit, but for his own.
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