Fresh
This is a cleverly made, smartly written, totally satisfying armrest-gripper.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
The Call
There are 188 million 911 calls a year. This one made it personal.
2013 · 1h 36m · R
Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Brad Anderson
Overview
Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.
Director and cast
- Brad Anderson Director
- Halle Berry as Jordan Turner
- Abigail Breslin as Casey Welson
- Morris Chestnut as Officer Phillips
- Michael Eklund as Michael Foster
- David Otunga as Officer Jake Devans
- Michael Imperioli as Alan Denado
- Steven Williams as Terrance
- Justina Machado as Rachel
- José Zúñiga as Marco
- Roma Maffia Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
45%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Just when the movie has us in its grasp, the script falls to pieces and turns into a crass female-in-peril button-pusher.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Rotten
Crude as it is, The Call milks its jump scares and don't-go-down-to-the-basement tension for all they're worth. See it with a full house, if you absolutely must see it at all.
Sam Adams, Time Out New York
Fresh
Let's call The Call what it is: high quality trash that both diminishes and is redeemed by all the talents who have deigned to bring it to life.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Rotten
This is as brain-dead as a movie can be and it assumes the audience will have the I.Q. of a rutabaga.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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