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Phone Booth
No options. No lies. No fear. No deals. Just keep talking.
No options. No lies. No fear. No deals. Just keep talking.
Drama, Mystery, Thriller - 2002
7.0
72%
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A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
81 min
Release date:
9 Sep 2002
Country:
US
Languages:
Swahili, English
Budget:
$13,000,000
Revenue:
$97,837,138
Awards:
1 win & 8 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
Raises more questions than it answers as it attempts to convince us that a moralistic sniper would torture a sleazy publicist into tears of guilt and remorse over what amounts to a few paltry, venial sins.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
16 May 2003
rotten:
The premise is admittedly a killer -- fun to think about, fun to see realized, not so fun to see screwed up in the last half-hour.
– David Edelstein,
Slate,
22 Apr 2003
rotten:
If this sounds like a Kafkaesque spoof thrown together for the annual Publicists Guild of America luncheon, Larry Cohen's script is only occasionally that clever.
– Jack Mathews,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr 2003
fresh:
A first-tier thriller, Phone Booth will make you think twice before you ever enter a public phone facility again, but while it curls your hair, it makes you think.
– Rex Reed,
New York Observer,
15 Apr 2003
fresh:
[A] taut thriller that hooked me from the outset.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
7 Apr 2003
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