Organnall Too much about the plot just didn't add up, the writing was bad, some of the scenes were cringey and awkward,

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Tweekums Stu is an obnoxious New York publicist who lies to the people he deals with and calls a woman, who isn't his wife, from a phone booth so his wife won't find out. One day as he is talking to his other woman a man approaches the booth with a pizza that he says somebody has ordered for Stu... he is rudely sent away. Moments after he hangs up the phone rings and he answers... an unidentified man is on the line. He starts giving instructions to Stu and lets it be known that he has the area in the sights of a high powered rifle. Soon afterwards a man who tries to force Stu to leave to booth and is shot; those around claim Stu shot him and soon the booth is surrounded by heavily armed police demanding that Stu hand over his weapon... which obviously he doesn't have. The voice on the phone continues to goad him, trying to force him to do things that will both ruin his relationships and probably get him killed. Outside the booth police Captain Ed Ramey tries to negotiate with Stu and both women in his life arrive at the scene.At only an hour and twenty minutes in length this film is definitely shorter than most; I didn't feel short-changed though as for most of the film it was incredibly tense despite the fact that it was basically just a man talking on a telephone. There is some early action when a pimp tries to force Stu out of the box before being shot by the sniper but after that it is just a question of whether he will shoot somebody else or whether the police will shoot Stu. Colin Farrell is brilliant as Stu; for almost all of the film he is on screen; the centre of attention. Forest Whitaker is impressive as Captain Ramey and Keifer Sutherland is menacing as the sniper even though we only glimpse him at the end of the film... often poor performances are described as phoned-in but this phoned-in performance is great! Director Joel Schumacher does a fine job keeping things really taut as the story plays out in real time. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to anybody wanting a good tense thriller but don't want to spend ages doing it.

qmtv This was a decent film, until Colin Farrell confesses to his wife. Colin Farrell did a fine job in the movie. I blame it on the screenwriters. After he confesses to his wife to his wife of his infidelity it was down hill. And to top it off we get Kiefer Sutherland saying if he doesn't behave he'll be back, or some such nonsense. Wow, so Kiefer Sutherland is the new equalizer. He will kill people so they behave morally. Then we get a scene zooming out into space, satellite, and then a phone call, another phone booth. Maybe waiting for a sequel.Here's a suggestion. Write something intelligent. Intelligent! I know there is intelligence out there. Write it. Then produce it into a film. Not some half baked nonsense.I give this 3 stars for Colin Farrell's performance. The writing failed. All the other actors here were crap. Forest Whitaker is crap. What the hell was that sub plot with Whitaker manhandling one of his men? Katie Holmes – crap. Radha Mitchell – crap. The whores and pimp were decent, at least they were entertaining. The way the pimp went down was good.

OllieSuave-007 Colin Farrell stars as an obnoxious, cocky, foul-mouthed punk who is a publicist by trade and is cheating on his wife, Kelly (Radha Mitchell). He uses the same phone booth daily to call his mistress, Pam (Katie Holmes). But, instead of getting a call from her one day, he gets one from a mysterious man who demands he comes clean with his wife and admit his dishonest attitudes with the people he interacts with through work - his life depends on it.I was turned off by the arrogance of Colin Farrell's character and the overly excessive amount of profanity in the film, but, have to say that the plot with Farrell pleading for his life and the lives of those he loves while stuck in the phone booth is quite riveting. I'm not one to root for the villains in movies, but in this case, the villain flick really put Farrell's arrogance and infidelity in place, which was quite refreshing.The thrills take up much of the movie, but most of the comedy bits lie with the blabbering prostitutes; they were actually pretty funny. Much of the acting overall was OK, albeit obvious forced American accent from Farrell and mediocre acting from Mitchell. But, not a bad thriller overall.Grade B-

Richard Dominguez I Think This Was One Of The First Times I Saw Colin Farrell When This Movie Came Out In 2002 ... This Is A Really Good Movie ... But To See How Good A Movie It Is You Have To Know What The Movie Is About ... It's Not About Life Or Death Or Any Of The Other Things Thrown In To Keep Your Attention ... It's About Coming To Terms With Who We Are ... Acknowledging To Ourselves Who We Really Are ... Yes It Can Be Painful, Hurtful And Scary, But In The End You Are Always Better Off When You Are Honest With Yourself About Who You Are ... Great Movie, Suspenseful And Thrilling ... The Acting Was Great (Especially Farrell) ... The Direction Is Exactly What We Come To Expect From Schumacher ...