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Phone Booth

Movie · 2002 · 81 min

A taut, claustrophobic thrill ride that pins you in a phone booth with a desperate man, keeping you tense and guessing until the very end.

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2002 film directed by Joel Schumacher
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Year
2002
Runtime
81 min
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • identity
  • guilt
  • redemption
  • obsession
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension9
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

Details

Genres
action, psychological thriller, mystery, thriller
Directed by
Joel Schumacher
Written by
Larry Cohen
Starring
Forest Whitaker, Colin Farrell, Katie Holmes, Kiefer Sutherland, Ben Foster, Radha Mitchell, Richard T. Jones, Domenick Lombardozzi
Music
Harry Gregson-Williams
Cinematography
Matthew Libatique
Runtime
81 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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