Rotten
Reasonably entertaining but largely uninspired.
Brendan Kelly, Variety
Never Talk to Strangers
In A World Where Love Isn't Always Safe, Trust Can Be Deadly.
1995 · 1h 26m · R
Romance, Thriller
Directed by
Peter Hall
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Never Talk to Strangers
Overview
Sarah Taylor, a police psychologist, meets a mysterious and seductive young man, Tony Ramirez, and falls in love with him. As a cause of this relationship, she changes her personality when she begins to receive anonymous telephone calls.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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15%
Tomatometer
Rotten
An adequate psychological thriller on a topical theme -- Repressed Memory Syndrome -- but with little special quality, few frills or thrills, and a relaxed, almost languid exposition.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
Fresh
It's an easy-to-watch movie that will be even easier on video, where it should turn up any minute.
Caryn James, New York Times
Rotten
It's mysterious and sexy enough to keep tension alive until, too bad, the whole thing collapses with a twist ending that is nearly laughable.
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
[Hall] can't triumph over the problems in the script, or tie up all the loose ends, but his brisk, competent approach does minimize the effects of these flaws.
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
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