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Summary: I PROMISE you'll be tense through the whole movie!!
Review: This movie could easily have been stupid. Think about it. 95% of it takes place in WHAT? A phone booth? Luckily, there's more to it than that. The guy is in the phone booth because of a sniper. There's someone (he doesn't know who) aiming a gun at him from one of the hundreds of windows surrounding him (he's close to Times Square). To prove he's for real, the sniper shoots someone on the street, and everyone thinks it was the man (Colin Farrell). Pretty soon, there are S.W.A.T. team members and police everywhere. All they want is for him to get off of the telephone. But, that would cost him his life. Even with that plot, this could have been really bad. It somehow isn't though. Farrell is completly convincing as the "I only care about myself" business man. As the precious minutes tick by, and he slowly breaks down, you feel everything that he feels. The sniper starts to play mind games with him and us. Some people say they were dumb, but I personally loved the unique camera angels and split-screen.
I was not bored for one minute of this movie. The sniper is eerie and believable. In this film, anything could happen and there's a lot to find out. Who is the sniper? He claims he has a reason to do this...what is it? Will Colin Farrell make it out alive? It takes you on a wild, exciting ride that could end up anywhere. You really do feel Farrell's vulnerability. The only thing protecting him from the sniper and the police surrounding him are the thin glass windows of the booth.
If you want a tense movie with great acting and script, I suggest this film. Be careful not to fall though, when you're on the edge of your seat.
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Summary: If I Was A Potato...
Review: If I was a potato...
This movie is a [copy.] When I go to see a movie called 'Phone Booth', I expect to see a supernatural drama starring David Caruso as a down-on-his-luck cop who finds solice in an old abandoned phone booth. And what did I see? A cheap [copy] of 'Liberty Stands Still'.
Okay, I have no idea who this Colin Farrell is, except for the fact that he's nudgin' Britney 'Sweet Cheekz' Spears. And Katie Holmes, who played a rebelliously SUPER-HOT chick in 'Disturbing Behavior' plays an innocent actress, and Forest Whittaker, who hosts the horribly remade 'Twilight ZOne', plays a recently-divorced cop. I'm confused all ready. Luckily, Keifer 'Dark City' Strutherland is here to lead the way...
Okay, first up: Let's compare the plots of 'Phone Booth' and 'Liberty Stands Still'.
Greedy publicist (Colin Farrell)/Greedy CEO (Linda Fiorentino) are both incredibly guilty people who have no regret for the horrible things they've done. One day, the-greedy-publicist-picks-up-a-ringing-phone-and-is-held-captive-by-a-sniper-who'll-shoot-him-if-he-hangs-up/CEO-is-called-by-sniper-on-her-cel-phone-and-is-ordered-to-chain-herself-to-a-hotdog-stand-and-the-sniper-will-shoot-her-if-she-hangs-up. Since both can not leave their places, nor tell anyone about it, they have some troubles to deal with: cops-think-publicist-has-shot-a-pedestrian-and-surround-the-phone-booth/CEO-learns-that-a-bomb-will-blow-up-a-theatre-and-her-cel-phone-battery-is-dying. Pretty soon, both the publicist and the CEO learn the errors of their ways and go back to being all happy like.
Phone Booth is horrible. Maybe not horrible, but average. I mean, where was the comedy? I didn't laugh once! I can't say much more about this movie. This is basically a review proving that 'Phone Booth' is [derivative]...P>Luv,
Muttz!
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Summary: One Man Show
Review: Stu Shepard (Colin Farrell) is an obnoxious, cocky, lying, scheming Manhattan PR consultant. Not a nice guy. Each day he uses the same enclosed phone booth to call his girlfriend (Katie Holmes) so his wife (Radha Mitchell) won't see the number on his cell phone bill.Today, the phone at Stu's favorite booth rings for him. "A ringing phone has to be answered, doesn't it?" The Caller (an unseen Kiefer Sutherland) demands that Stu, do everything he asks, or people will start to die. Once he proves to Stu that he has a rifle aimed right at him, the fun begins. The Caller has decided to help Stu redeem himself and proceeds to torment him about his latest transgressions. Although Stu is unarmed, he's been fingered as having a gun and begins attracting a large crowd, including police Capt. Ramey (Forest Whitaker). While the supporting cast is good, Colin Farrell is definitely a one-man show in this short film of only 81-minutes. (Any longer and it probably would've lost its impact.) Farrell is convincing and easily believable in this role, which includes a gut-wrenching speech to his wife that makes the audience finally sympathize. Although Farrell plays the lead and succeeds in capturing the audience himself, I have to admit, the voice of Kiefer Sutherland as the Caller was the best unseen performance ever. Lately, I'm used to Sutherland as the hero on TV's "24", but I do recall many other roles where he was just pure evil. Here, he's a cold, horrifying psychopath. He's always so cool and calm, it's so eerie. He's just perfect. Good, suspenseful movie. Rated-R for strong language and some violence. I'm thinking "sequel?"
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Summary: "Phone Booth"
Review: This movie was very great and I also thought Colin Farell's acting was great too. He carried the whole movie! I've seen almost all of his movies and I think this was his greatest performance. Before I saw the movie I thought to myself "How can they make a movie about a guy in a phone booth?" but they did and it was great! There really wasn't a boring scene in the entire film.
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Summary: Confess Your Sins...
Review: This movie's stand-off, mixed with a very claustrophobic setting recalls more recent films like Panic Room, as well as some older like Dog Day Afternoon. I believe this movie is on par with both. The plot works well (some parts may seem sketchy), the acting fairly good, and Keifer Sutherland's voice is PERFECT for this movies. This is very intense, and I highly reccomend it!
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Summary: Awesome!
Review: ... I just saw this today and I loved it! Almost the whole movie is him on the phone and it still ruled and kept me interested! I can't wait untill it comes out on DVD dang it! Colin Farrell plays Stu, whose job is Hollywood's favorite indicator of utter corruption -- he's a publicist. We meet him walking down the street, his intern trotting beside him, handing him pre-dialed cell phones so he can keep up a continuous loop of shmoozing, badgering, lying, and manipulating his various clients, sources, and outlets -- including a pretty would-be actress named Pam (Katie Holmes), a tasty prospect for both business and pleasure. But Stu doesn't want to call Pam from the cell phone because his wife sees the bills. So he stops in the last phone booth in Manhattan, which turns out to be a very big mistake. The phone rings, and Stu answers. The man on the other end (Kiefer Sutherland) tells him that he has a rifle pointed at Stu, and that he will shoot him if he hangs up or tells anyone about it. He seems to know all about Stu, his wife Kelly (Rhada Mitchell), and Pam. When a pimp comes after Stu because his girls want to use the phone, the sniper shoots him, and the police, led by Captain Ramey (Forrest Whitaker), think Stu did it. Stu is surrounded by police with guns pointed at him, both Pam and Kelly are there, and the sniper will not let him get off the phone. I really want to let you know that you should see this movie, it's great!!
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Summary: Intense and superlative statement about today's Everyman
Review: It was Joel Schumacher who first introduced Colin Farrell to the screen in "Tigerland" and now in PHONE BOOTH he has partnered with him again in what is clearly Farrell's finest work to date. Beginning a film with no credits, plunging us 'in media res' into the lightening pace of New York streets peopled by rappers, hookers, and a population addicted to cell phones - beginning a story like this is typical of how raw Schumacher can be. Farrell is a PR man who uses everyone - his workers, his clients, his friends, his wife, his girl friend - to keep intact his lie of a life. All of this comes to a standstill when he enters a phone booth (to make an untraceable call to his girlfiend) and becomes the target of a sniper. To tell more of the story would be a discredit to those who have not seen the film. Suffice it to say that Schumacher paces this inordinately intense film with sadistic humor (incredibly fine performances from three hookers fighting to use the same phone booth), bravura performances by not only Colin Farrell in an Oscar deserving role, but alos Forrest Whitaker, Kiefer Sutherland, etc and a fine musical score that keeps pace with the emotional intensity on the screen. Very Highly Recommended.
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Summary: Confining? I Think Not!!
Review: Phone Booth is an exciting thriller that keeps you on your toes. Though it takes place almost entirely in and around a phone booth, and is only about 80 mins the audience doesn't feel at all ripped... When Stu Shepard (Colin Farell), a sleazy publisist answers the phone in a booth, he becomes submissive to a sniper who can see him from one of the buildings on the street. The sniper will not let him out of the booth and makes him confess his sins to his wife and the croud growing around him. As time goes on Stu has less and less options. The bit of comic relief from Stu provides for an excellent movie!!
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Summary: Phone Booth leaves you wishing you'd used your cell phone
Review: ...I felt as if something was missing from it. The 80 minute long movie was good, but suffered from one very poor element which brought it to a nosedive. That element: The caller's motives are never explained...They are given a couple times however he laughingly tells Stu(Farrel) that he is joking. So what I should say are his TRUE motives are never explained. THis brought the movie from a solid B to a C or C-. Also, the movie tries to blend comedy into what is supposed to be a suspense thriller. And, I don't mean humerous lines. I mean full-fletched comedy. For the first half of the time that he is in the phone booth, Stu is being bugged by hookers and their pimp to get out of the phone. They won't give up. They are relentless and it is just laughable and makes you forget the fact that this guy has got a sniper aiming at him. Don't get me wrong. I laughed as hard as anyone at these scenes. That doesn't mean they fit with the rest of the movie. Honestly, this move could have been a LOT better if more effort had gone into writing it. Perhaps our sniper may have even been given a motive had the writers spent another five minutes. We may have actually ended up with an 82 minute movie instead of 80 minutes.
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Summary: This movie is a treat
Review: After the months of mediocre films, Phone Booth comes along and saves a pretty dry season of movies. I wouldn't go so far as to name PHONE BOOTH as one of the great thrillers of all time, but it does deserve credit. First of all the concept is very creative. Trying to hold an entire movie in a phone booth is a very demanding challenge, and I must say that Joel Shumacher has managed to pull it off well. The acting is good. Colin Farrell's potrayal as the victim of the sniper's ingenious plan is well done, although I wouldn't have cared if he got killed. Forest Whitaker pulls off the best acting performance in this film. But what kept me interested is Keifer Sutherland. His voice is terrific. It had the vile,condescending and menacing tone that this role would require. I just wish that Fox did not reveal that he was in this movie. It would have been a better ending that way. The only problem I had with the movie is that I didn't feel for Colin Farrell's character. But maybe we weren't supposed to feel for his character. Maybe the filmmakers wanted us to cheer for the bad guy. I know I was. All in all, this is a very entertaining movie, and Schumacher's best since A TIME TO KILL
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