Overview
Genre :
Thriller, SuspenseRelease Date :
March 15, 2013MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
Brad AndersonStarring :
Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Michael Imperioli, Morris Chestnut, Michael Eklund, Justina Machado, Ella Rae Peck, Roma Maffia
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics 
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“..whether it's the odd directorial tic of freeze-framing during moments of violence - perhaps intended to suggest a sort of rage-induced blackout, but which feels like a projector glitch - or the offputting cadence shifts in editing..”
by Andrew Barker [Variety]
“..The Call cribs from so many other psychological thrillers that it might as well be called "The Girl With the Lovely Bones Cellular Silence of the Lambs''..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
“..it's one of those movies, that rare thing - a thriller that actually thrills..”
by Mick LaSalle [San Francisco Chronicle]
“..it's careless storytelling - and unfortunately, it's typical of the bizarre choices and the lazy, sloppy structure that inform the last 20 minutes of the film..”
by Ian Buckwalter [NPR]
“..is doubly contemptible..”
by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer]
“..instead, the movie's 90 minutes of effective, grueling, increasingly ugly, eventually ridiculous suspense..”
by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
“..as much as the film tries to extend itself beyond the boilerplate thriller formula - distressed damsel, twisted psycho, clock ticking - a flawed script and a less than persuasive villain undermine the effort..”
by Bruce Demara [Toronto Star]
“..an effectively creepy thriller about a 911 operator and a young miss in peril, "The Call" is a model of low-budget filmmaking..”
by Manohla Dargis [New York Times]
Reviewed by Todd McCarthy [Hollywood Reporter]
