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Phone Booth (2003)

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Reviews Counted:182

Fresh:130

Rotten:52

Average Rating:6.6/10

Consensus: Quick pacing and Farrell's performance help make Phone Booth a tense nail-biter.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for pervasive language and some violence

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Apr 4, 2003 Wide

Box Office: $46,524,362

Synopsis: Red-hot superstar Colin Farrell ("Daredevil," "The Recruit") toplines the thriller PHONE BOOTH, from director Joel Schumacher. A phone call can change your life, but for one man it can also end it.... Red-hot superstar Colin Farrell ("Daredevil," "The Recruit") toplines the thriller PHONE BOOTH, from director Joel Schumacher. A phone call can change your life, but for one man it can also end it. Set entirely within and around the confines of a New York City phone booth, PHONE BOOTH follows Stu Shepard (Colin Farrell), a low-rent media consultant who is trapped after being told by a caller - a serial killer with a sniper rifle - that he'll be shot dead if he hangs up.

What do you do when you hear a ringing public phone? You know it's a wrong number, but instinct forces you to pick it up. A ringing phone demands to be answered, but when Stu Shepard takes the call, he finds himself hurtled into a tortuous game. Hang up, says the caller (Kiefer Sutherland), and Stu's a dead man.

A sudden and shocking act of violence near the booth 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.

The senior officer on the scene, Captain Ramey (Forest Whitaker), tries to talk Stu out of the booth. 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. He is emotionally stripped naked by the caller. Stu's lies, half-truths, and obfuscation no longer matter. Instead, he must dig deep into his soul, find his strength and attempt to outwit the caller, taking the game to an even more dangerous level. -- © Fox [More]

Starring: Colin Farrell, Forest Whitaker, Kiefer Sutherland, Katie Holmes

Starring: Colin Farrell, Forest Whitaker, Kiefer Sutherland, Katie Holmes, Radha Mitchell, Tia Texada, Richard T. Jones

Director: Joel Schumacher

Director: Joel Schumacher
Screenwriter: Larry Cohen
Producer: David Zucker, Gil Netter
Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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Built on an idea so clever that even Joel Schumacher ... can't entirely botch it.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
04/04/03
Shawn Levy
Shawn Levy
Oregonian

Nothing about Stu, in the end, is really important enough to justify the Sturm und Drang of Phone Booth or its tempest in a telecommunications teapot.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
04/04/03
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday
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From the moment the camera zooms in on Stu striding through the streets of Manhattan making and breaking deals on his cellphone, Farrell is in charge.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
04/04/03
Louis B. Hobson
Louis B. Hobson
Jam! Movies

A welcome departure from the usual assembly line fodder, a throwback to the days when movies were excuses to experiment with the form.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
04/04/03
Jim Slotek
Jim Slotek
Jam! Movies

This is a slight story enlivened by good acting, crisp pacing and some graceful comic touches.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
04/04/03
Eric Harrison
Eric Harrison
Houston Chronicle
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The reason it works is simple: Farrell.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
04/04/03
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News

An entertaining, briskly paced little suspense piece that features some effective performances.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
04/04/03
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Short, suspenseful, funny, and profane.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
04/04/03
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe

Like a cold-blooded sniper, it’s right on the mark.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
04/04/03
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

What keeps Phone Booth going, despite its premise, is the acting and the writing, both of which are top-notch.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
04/04/03
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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Phone Booth proves to be an entertaining, tension-filled morality tale.

Full Review Source: Houston Community Newspapers | comment Comment
04/04/03
Gary Brown
Gary Brown
Houston Community Newspapers

Powered by a hard-hitting performance from Colin Farrell, Phone Booth will keep you riveted to your seat--and make you turn that darn cell phone off, for a little while at least.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
04/04/03
Kit Bowen
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com

Un bon petit thriller, bâti sur une idée mince mais brillante.

Full Review Source: Showbizz.net | comment Comment
04/04/03
Nicolas Lacroix
Nicolas Lacroix
Showbizz.net

A tight, suspenseful, compelling movie that may very well revolutionize the action film genre.

Full Review Source: Countingdown.com | comment Comment
04/04/03
Larry Carroll
Larry Carroll
Countingdown.com

Does a decent job of giving us the creeps until drizzling out toward the end.

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
04/04/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Like most Schumacher movies, Phone Booth rings loudly but is disconnected from the real world.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
04/04/03
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

An honest edge-of-your-seat thriller that banks on precise pacing, a smart script and even smarter acting. It’s the type of film Alfred Hitchcock made.

Full Review Source: Reno Gazette-Journal | comment Comment
04/04/03
Forrest Hartman
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal

Despite an eye-roller of an obligatory "emotional melt-down/confession" scene, Colin Farrell is the reason to see this movie.

Full Review Source: Fantastica Daily | comment Comment
04/04/03
Staci Layne Wilson
Staci Layne Wilson
Fantastica Daily

Schumacher keeps the suspense building at such a fast pace that there's little time to pick holes in the plot while the action unfolds.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
04/04/03
Reel.com

It's surreal, at times totally far-fetched, but as a weird Twilight Zone-y tale, this short, taut trip keeps you hanging on.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
04/04/03
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