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(1 - 34) of 34 OFCS Rating: 44% Rotten Page   1   7/10 "Presents one of the most fascinating characters of the year... a cool, calculated remedy to the late-summer doldrums. "   Freeze Dried Movies   Brian Juergens B+ "Listener is an intimate story, and Stettner directs accordingly, appreciating Maupin's delicate framework and doesn't push his weight around trying to shape the material into standard thriller mode."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf "Tapping into recent public outrages over writers who lie, The Night Listener's indictments are drearily unsubtle."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2/5 "The story backs itself into a corner and gets lost trying to find a satisfactory way out."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius 3/4 "...effectively captures the essence of the novel without slavishly adhering to its every nuance..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C+ "Seemingly looking for a M. Night Shyamalan moment."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz "Tension builds, the audience is kept guessing to the end (and beyond), and things are not blatantly spelled out."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit 3.5/4 "A quiet, measured and resolutely unnerving mystery, The Night Listener is one of the year's most assuredly intelligent releases."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman B- "A slick, mostly engaging drama."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2/4 "In Stettner's The Night Listener, Williams applies for his license to creep out the masses in a mopey and mediocre character study of atmospheric tension and chaos."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng C "A potentially engrossing tale ineptly told."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "A moving mystery of the heart based on a novel by Armistead Maupin about the lengths some people will go to find acceptance and love."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "An eerie, occasionally disturbing motion picture focused on the differences between perception and reality."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3.5/4 "Tidy psychological thriller taut with tension and intrigue."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth "The film's (partial) salvation comes - oddly enough - from Robin Williams, an actor I'd just about given up on."   Pajiba   Jeremy C. Fox D "better suited for a 25-minute Twilight Zone episode (one of the forgettable ones)"   Old School Reviews   John A. Nesbit 5/10 "...never got me involved enough with its main character or its supporting characters to make me feel one way or another about them or their predicaments."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 7/10 "A surprisingly taut thriller, even though there really isn't anything that thrilling about the subject matter."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick "It is a paradox of the movie medium that one of its great strengths is that it can show us things, and one of its potential weaknesses is that it replaces our imagination with its literalness."   In the Dark   Jonathan F. Richards 3/5 "It's worth seeing for the performances, but it's something to go in with low expectations on the plot itself."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr "It’s stylish and classy and beautifully acted... and it so disappoints in the end..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2/4 "Even at 82 minutes, the film seems padded out, spinning its wheels and generating no suspense once the central, easily answered question is introduced."   Mr. Brown's Movies   Michael Dequina 2/4 "As far as topicality goes, The Night Listener's account of authorial deception certainly benefits from its parallels to the recent outing of JT Leroy as a fraud."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 3/5 "The story is fascinating and often disturbing, but the film never really gets beneath the surface."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline C "The scenario encounters routine hollow patches, substituting dead air for the necessary tension required to drive the psychological points home."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux B "A strange and creepy film about lonely people who are more than a little crazy."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten C+ "...the puzzle presented by director Patrick Stettner (who co-wrote...with novel author Maupin and Terry Anderson) keep you intrigued though, in the end, unsatisfied. "   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford "One of those films where it's easy to recognize something's going on and there's interesting intentions but it just never comes together."   Calgary Movies   Ryan Cracknell 2/4 "Like a stick of butter ... awfully tough to swallow in one sitting."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell "This thriller about books, belief and betrayal covers topical terrain -- JT LeRoy and James Frey, anyone? -- but itself proves unbelievable."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 6/10 "It's fitting that kaleidoscopic images introduce this psychological thriller in which reality and fantasy collide and splinter into cinematic fragments."   Modamag.com   Susan Granger "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 3/5 Read review   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick C Read review   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow  (1 - 34) of 34 OFCS Rating: 44% Rotten Page   1