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Phone Booth

2002, Mystery & thriller, 1h 20m

186 Reviews 250,000+ Ratings

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Quick pacing and Farrell's performance help make Phone Booth a tense nail-biter. Read critic reviews

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A scene from the film PHONE BOOTH. photo 11

Stu (Colin Farrell) strides confidently down Broadway. photo 12

Trapped in a phone booth, Stu (Colin Farrell) plays a deadly game with an unseen caller. photo 13

Trapped in a phone booth, Stu (Colin Farrell) plays a deadly game with an unseen caller. photo 14

Kelly (Radha Mitchell) and Stu (Colin Farrell) share a quiet moment together. photo 15

Stu (Colin Farrell) strides confidently down Broadway, as his hapless assistant, Adam (Keith Nobbs) fields an endless stream of phone calls. photo 16

Capt. Ramey (Whitaker), the tough by sympathetic police officer in charge of the scene, tries to coax Stu (Farrell) out of the phone booth. photo 17

Capt. Ramey (Forest Whitaker) and Kelly (Radha Mitchell) try to coax Stu out of the phone booth. photo 18

Colin Farrell plays a slick media consultant who is trapped in a phone booth after being told by a caller-a serial killer-that he'll be shot dead if he hangs up. photo 19

Colin Farrell, left, and Keith Nobbs in a scene from PHONE BOOTH. photo 20

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Movie Info

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 a slick media consultant (Colin Farrell) 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.

Rating:

R (Some Violence|Pervasive Language)
Genre:

Mystery & thriller
Original Language:

English
Director:

Joel Schumacher
Producer:

David W. Zucker, Gil Netter
Writer:

Larry Cohen
Release Date (Theaters):

Apr 4, 2003 wide
Release Date (Streaming):

Oct 14, 2003
Box Office (Gross USA):

$46.6M
Runtime:

1h 20m
Distributor:

20th Century Fox
Sound Mix:

Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio:

Scope (2.35:1)

Cast & Crew

Colin Farrell
Stu Shepard

Kiefer Sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland
The Caller

Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker
Captain Ramey

Radha Mitchell
Kelly Shepard

Katie Holmes
Pamela McFadden

Richard T. Jones

Richard T. Jones
Sergeant Cole

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Critic Reviews for Phone Booth

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Audience Reviews for Phone Booth

Dec 18, 2015

A film set in a phone booth 99% of the movie shouldn't be as gripping and fast paced as it was, A simple plot and a great performance from Colin Farrell makes this film great fun and quite scary, A fun film that should've got more praise.

Super Reviewer
Sep 05, 2015

"You hear a phone ring and it could be anybody. But a ringing phone has to be answered, doesn't it?" Extremely intense and suspenseful, Phone Booth is a gripping psychological thriller from director Joel Schumacher. When a publicist named Stu Shepard answers a random call while in a phone booth he's taken hostage by a sharpshooter who's intent on forcing him to come clean of the lies he tells. Colin Farrell and Kiefer Sutherland both give excellent performances that are really powerful; particularly Sutherland, who brings a real malevolence and sinister edge to his character. And Schumacher uses an interesting directing style with split screens and picture-in-picture that creates an immersive experience. Incredibly gritty and provocative, Phone Booth is an exciting film that's extraordinarily compelling.

Dann M Super Reviewer
Jan 06, 2013

Phone Booth is one of Joel Schumacher's finest films and was a brave return from his "Batman & Robin" flop. Colin Farrell and Forest Whitaker were excellent in their roles, the tension was great, and the fast-pace in the movie works very good with this thriller. The movie isn't something to talk about all the time but its a great blockbuster movie and boosts a fantastic villain who is played by Kiefer Sutherland.

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Jul 24, 2012

A suspenseful movie with a clever premise, but also one that ends without much of a pay-off.

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