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(1 - 50) of 51 OFCS Rating: 78% Fresh Page   12   > Next 4/5 "The next time I hear a payphone ringing, I definitely won't pick it up."   Filmcritic.com   Blake French 3/4 "Its quick pace and engaging performances make it far more involving than simple experimentation."   Nitrate Online   Dan Lybarger A- "Joel Schumacher’s latest film is a thrilling, suspenseful 90 minutes... and it’s great entertainment."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher 4/4 "...80 minutes of pure and unflinching brilliance, a nonstop adrenaline rush that is as exhilarating and engrossing as the great summer blockbusters of the past."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes 3/4 "...there's no denying that Phone Booth is mostly an exemplary thriller..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C+ "All the heavy moralizing that comes after the nutty scenario soon becomes tiresome, and it left me wanting to hang-up on this film."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "More of a stunt than a fully-developed motion picture, but it is nonetheless pulled off with an engrossing flair."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman 2.5/4 "May have worked better as an 80s parable or with Larry Cohen behind the camera but it gets the juices pumping nonetheless."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez B "I, for one, will never answer a pay phone again."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3.5/4 "It would have been quite fascinating to see what Hitchcock would have done with the idea, but he would certainly admit that Schumacher, Farrell and Sutherland have done him proud."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B "Still a good movie: taut, tight, spare, invigorating. With a better filmmaker at the helm it could have been a great movie, a modern classic."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 3/4 "Phone Booth is a subversively dandy escapist flick that uses its confinement and crassness as its wickedly hysterical calling card...won’t leave anybody disconnected from its action-packed gaudiness."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng C "A thin conceit...slick, hyperkinetic but utterly superficial. You just might want to hang up."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "Phone Booth is a taut psychological thriller about a scary encounter between a vigilante sniper and a self-centered publicity agent who is brought face-to-face with his sins of spin."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "The best way to describe Phone Booth is preposterous but entertaining."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 1/5 "Joel Schumacher, master of the overblown, tries to craft a stripped-down, simple thriller and fails as desperately as only he can."   Netflix   James Rocchi 3/4 "Eighty-one minutes of sheer anxiety."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 9/10 "At the core, a gimmick movie, but if all gimmick movies were as well-executed as this, I'd have little reason to complain about them -- ever."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 3/4 "For a straightforward, populist popcorn movie, you could do a lot worse than this. It's a clean, effective thriller."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman 5/10 "While intriguing and even engaging for a while, the effort runs out of gas and real estate far too soon."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 7/10 "Phone Booth is a great call."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 3/4 "'Enlace Mortal es un sólido thriller que representa una de las mejores opciones de escapismo que han llegado a las pantallas en lo que va del año. Verdaderamente recomendable.'"   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 3.5/5 "Plays with the notions of personal responsibility and personal connection in a society increasingly desensitized to these things."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 3/4 "Between Farrell’s wrenching performance and Sutherland’s ominous voice-over, 'Phone Booth' is more suspenseful than most movies."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest A- "A tight, suspenseful, compelling movie that may very well revolutionize the action film genre."   Countingdown.com   Larry Carroll 3/5 "The payoff doesn't quite equal the intensity of the spectacularly squirm-inducing premise, but Farrell takes his showboating star turn and runs with it."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 3/4 "An experiment in tension that pays off admirably."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 2/4 "The situation requires something more believably frightening than "a madman""   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "Quick, dirty, and economical, with an on-the-fly energy that Hollywood films rarely evince these days."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2.5/5 "What might have been a pretty decent claustrophobic thriller turns into a Mr. Rogers moral lesson (be nice to the pizza delivery guy)."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 3.5/4 "This is the kind of thriller I most enjoy seeing - one that really pulls me in, makes me feel the danger, and keeps me thinking on my way out the door."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan C- "Farrell and Whitaker are always great to watch, but the movie feels manipulative and padded."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 4/5 "Um suspense bem realizado que se beneficia principalmente da personalidade fascinante de seu vilão."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca B- "For all its high-profile exposure, it's basically a gimmicky throwaway with only a hot star to separate it from direct-to-cable obscurity. That's not necessarily a criticism."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux B "It works, thanks mainly to the actor inside that phone booth, Collin Farrell."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten "A modern morality tale complete with Kiefer Sutherland as God's voice. Okay, so he's a sniper on the other end of the phone, but with the things he says and the stereo sound he might as well be the Almighty."   Movie Views   Ryan Cracknell 4/5 "A flick that will absolutely keep your rump glued to the seat for 90-some minutes and force you from the theater discussing the fun you just had. And in my book that's always worth 8 bucks."   eFilmCritic.com   Scott Weinberg B "Watching any guy talking on the phone for 80 minutes could have grown tiresome. Farrell keeps us enthralled and, in the process, entertained."   Eclipse Magazine   Sean O'Connell B- "Generally holds together at least while you're watching it, and has a level of moral interest not common in movies of this sort."   Decent Films Guide   Steven D. Greydanus 2.5/4 "High-concept hokum invested equally in the Catholic and the apocalyptic."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 8/10 Read review   Modamag.com   Brian Orndorf 2.5/4 Read review   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 7/10 Read review   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 2/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 3/4 Read review   In the Dark   Jonathan F. Richards 3/10 Read review   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger Read review   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs Read review   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. Read review   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel  (1 - 50) of 51 OFCS Rating: 78% Fresh Page   12   > Next