The Call Reviews
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)
A 911 flick that's actually 341--3 movies 4 the price of a bad 1. The psychological thriller rushes; the psycho-horror scrapes the bottom of the barrel of titillation; the quick ending burner-phones in any remaining character development and plausibility.
Common Sense Media
A high-concept thriller that certainly has the potential to self-destruct... But genre specialist Brad Anderson gives it a taut, low-budget energy that keeps it pulsing throughout its entire running time.
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| Original Score: 3/5
PopMatters
Put it this way: now educated and abused, good girl Casey no longer has a problem with bad language.
Cinema em Cena
Ansioso para se mostrar chocante e audacioso, o desfecho soa apenas como um adolescente tentando impressionar os amigos ao agir como um babaca.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Atlantic City Weekly
Even though the finish of the film is beyond the reach of believability, somehow it didn't spoil the suspense that preceded it.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
MovieCrypt.com
... the only thing worse than pulling the final punch... would have been showing the script cover to 'The Call 2: Aftercall' after the credits.
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| Original Score: 2.0/4.0
Tulsa World
Everyone watching "The Call" will realize just how implausible its plot is...But even so, this thriller is thoroughly gripping.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Houston Press
Shocking, I know, to think the writer of Thir13en Ghosts and Exit Wounds may not have been up to the task of crafting a fully realized narrative.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Austin Chronicle
Claustrophobes beware of The Call, Brad Anderson's emotionally rending thriller that transpires almost entirely on the telephone.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Laramie Movie Scope
If the last act of the film had been as good as the first act, this would be a good film, but it sure takes a wrong turn at the end.
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| Original Score: C
Tolucan Times
...a tension-packed, rewarding film with fine performances by Abigail Breslin, Michael Eklund, and Halle Berry.
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| Original Score: 8/10
Antagony & Ecstasy
There's no one moment where The Call breaks; more like a five minute span where it goes from everything mostly working to everything mostly not.
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| Original Score: 6/10
Schmoes Know
Don't call me...don't even text. Just let me stay in the trunk of a car where this movie can't hurt me anymore.
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| Original Score: 1.5
Aisle Seat
Two-thirds terrific and one-third routine.
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| Original Score: 3/4
jackiekcooper.com
The movie is going great until it hangs it all up about 3/4ths of the way through.
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| Original Score: 6/10
Film Threat
Breslin makes the leap from Little Miss Goofball to scream teen seamlessly, but there isn't much else in this once-promising director's cell-out to make it worth your time to take this call.
American Profile
A rather unsavory experience overall made even less pleasant by its ultimate pandering to the basest of its audience's entertainment tastes.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Top CriticCrude as it is, The Call milks its jump scares and don't-go-down-to-the-basement tension for all they're worth. See it with a full house, if you absolutely must see it at all.
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| Original Score: 2/5
