One Shot Review: The Call1 of 1
The loudest collective sound I've heard from an audience in a while occurs in The Call when a character drops a cell phone out of their reach. The noise was a combination of gasps, groans, and even some guffaws but it's a measure of how fully director Brad Anderson (The Machinist, Transsiberian) had the theater in his grasp.
He got there by brute force as we watch 9-1-1 dispatcher Jordan Turner (Halle Berry) listen to a young girl get abducted from her home, sure to meet a grisly fate. Berry plays her character, shattered in the aftermath, quite well. She's then forced to take another call from Casey (Abagail Breslin, in Shelly Duvall territory) who has been abducted and stuffed into the trunk of a car by the same maniac.
Though by the end we feel like we've been in the trunk with Casey and Anderson has had to up the perversion factor to keep up with like serial killer tales there's no denying the visceral energy of the film or the performances.
He got there by brute force as we watch 9-1-1 dispatcher Jordan Turner (Halle Berry) listen to a young girl get abducted from her home, sure to meet a grisly fate. Berry plays her character, shattered in the aftermath, quite well. She's then forced to take another call from Casey (Abagail Breslin, in Shelly Duvall territory) who has been abducted and stuffed into the trunk of a car by the same maniac.
Though by the end we feel like we've been in the trunk with Casey and Anderson has had to up the perversion factor to keep up with like serial killer tales there's no denying the visceral energy of the film or the performances.
PeopleHalle Berry
TitlesThe Call
CountriesUnited Arab Emirates, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Ecuador, Egypt, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, United States, South Africa
LanguagesEnglish-based creoles and pidgins, English