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Phone Booth

  • Director: Joel Schumacher
  • Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
  • Release Date: April 4, 2003
  • MPAA Rating: Rated R for pervasive language, some violence

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My Review - 23 June 2006

overall: 3

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First ****ing off, there was too ****ing much ****ing swearing... ****! Soooo, now that that's out of the way, there was no point in making this movie; it's pointless and stupid. There was no good guy/bad guy from the beginning to the end of the movie (with the exception of the witnesses, police, and side characters), so I couldn't tell who to cheer for (between the two protagonists). Granted, I was surprised that the entire movie, which lasted over an hour, almost entirely took place in a cramped phonebooth in New York. In fact, I the fact that the setting didn't change the whole time was one of the main reasons why I was hesitant about seeing this; but somehow, someone pulled it off. If that's the reason why you haven't seen this, reality hits: that's the least of this movie's problems. Stu Shepard (Colin Farrell) is a selfish New York publicist. He just can't resist the chance to screw someone over, and his actions have finally caught up with him. One day, while in the phonebooth (making a call to his second girlfriend; he cheats on his wife), a mysterious stranger (Kiefer Sutherland) calls him saying that he must confess for his sins or the man will use his sniper rifle to do 'what's right'. Stu will have to call his wife, Kelly (Radha Mitchell), explain the truth about his affair with the secret girlfriend, Pamela McFadden (Katie Holmes), and make amends. Even if Stu complies, who knows what this radical murderer will want him to do next, if Stu isn't killed first! The police do end up arriving after a run-in with a group of erotic, exotic, and freakin' psychotic 'dancers' and ends up having the sniper kill the angry, pissed off pimp (John Enos III). Will Captain Ed Ramey (Forest Whitaker) be able to figure out the problem and solve it before another selfish victim is executed? I would suggest staying away from this one, or you could rent it.

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