Phone Booth
(2003)
Overview
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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Reviews
The Movie Diorama
⭐ 6/10January 16, 2020
Phone Booth dials up its millennial tension through suspenseful confined calls. Joel Schumacher is a rather inconsistent director. Unusual, yet capricious. From ‘The Lost Boys’ to ‘Batman & Robin’, his career has been considerably scattershot in terms of quality. Phone Booth, whilst quintessentially being a product of its time, happens to be his most simplistic. An arrogant publicist is held hostage in a phone booth by a mysterious sniper who off… read the rest.
CaseyReese
⭐ 6/10February 5, 2023
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RalphRahal
⭐ 8/10December 14, 2024
"Phone Booth" starts off a bit slow in the first act, but it quickly picks up the pace and becomes more intense as it goes along.
Colin Farrell and Forest Whitaker deliver fantastic performances that really bring the intensity to life. Kiefer Sutherland, who I know and love from 24, is chilling as the voice on the phone, adding a menacing layer even without much screen time.
What’s also impressive is that the whole movie was shot in just 10…
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$13,000,000
Revenue
$97,837,138