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(1 - 34) of 34 OFCS Rating: 59% Rotten Page   1   "The pacing of this suspenseful thriller seemed almost perfect to me."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker C "To be blunt, Cellular is one silly film, and requires a suspension of disbelief so heavy, a forklift is needed to haul it away by the film’s end."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf "Cellular is so corny it's even behind its own time."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 61/100 "At about the half-way point, it’s clear there will be no interesting character developments or sub-textual material to distract us from the increasingly goofy storyline."   Apollo Guide   Dan Jardine 3/5 "Cellular does better when it phones in for laughs instead of thrills."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger C "Made me long for my free nights and weekends."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher 3.5/4 "...fueled by an exhilarating rush of adrenaline, utilized often and consistently at several points of the narrative...."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes B- "It's perfecto as escapist moviegoer fare."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "A taut, crowd-pleasing thriller in which the improbable, if canny, premise is overlooked in exchange for what is an exceedingly fun ride."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman C- "Mistakes rapid-fire editing, unfocused and shaky camerawork, and shrill sound effects with authentic storytelling."   FilmJerk.com   Edward Havens C "If you've seen everything else, and if you're standing outside the theater at 7:10 and there's a showing of Cellular at 7:20, then by all means, go ahead and see it."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider B "Mileage may vary, but if the idea of William H. Macy beating up someone roughly twice his size sounds like a hoot, then this may be just the movie you were looking for."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov C- "Isn't just wireless--it's also brainless and virtually suspense-less...a chain of recycled cliches. As Barbara Stanwyck might have said, 'Sorry, Wrong Number.'"   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/4 "Using the clever premise, it packs a lot of thrills into a short space while keeping the level of tension consistently high."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "While the filmmakers didn’t put much thought into making the plot believable, they were creative in constructing twists that are unexpected while ... organic to the story."   Pajiba   Jeremy C. Fox 6/10 "Don't take it all too seriously and have a good time..."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo "Cellular isn't a great film, but it does manage to connect with the audience despite all of the roaming charges."   Light Views   John Larsen 3.0/4.0 "... pure guilty-pleasure entertainment... a one-gimmick pony that amazingly holds your attention for ninety minutes..."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 3/5 "It was better than I thought it would be.”"   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr C- "...leaves the audience wondering whether it should laugh along or simply wince."   Countingdown.com   Larry Carroll 2.5/5 "Features more vehicular stunts and low-brow gags than the delicately contrived premise can comfortably support."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh B- "Cellular utilizes remarkable efficiency and ingenious construction to realize an exciting and funny story that seems plausible enough under the circumstances."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer "[O]ne of those movies that succeeds partly by not being anywhere near as bad as you were expecting it to be -- by being, really, not so bad at all..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/4 "Good acting, solid direction, and some genuine cleverness carry you right over the plot holes."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B- "This serviceable little thriller makes satisfyingly clever use of some of today's most universal annoyances and benefits from the always-watchable William H. Macy."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 2.5/4 "It's Ellis’s dedication to providing an unrelenting series of silly B-movie set pieces that makes the ridiculous Cellular ring."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 3.5/5 "This unapologetic B-movie works simply because it has no pretensions at all."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B "So well-crafted, fast-paced and comically self-aware it jauntily skips right over the holes in the plot."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B "A breathless, energetic, impulsive and silly bit of popcorn fun."   Eclipse Magazine   Sean O'Connell "The picture has a low-stakes, cop-show vitality to it; it doesn't pretend to be more than the sum of its parts."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 5/10 "This lifeline has a tenuous connection."   Modamag.com   Susan Granger 1.5/4 "If Cellular were an actual telephone, it would work about as well as two tin cans and string."   Reel.com   Timothy Knight 1/4 "At last, a film for all the yahoos with a cell phone soldered onto their ears."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 3/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito  (1 - 34) of 34 OFCS Rating: 59% Rotten Page   1