Phone Booth

 

Phone Booth 2002

• Director: Joel Schumacher
• Seen by this director: Phantom of the Opera, Veronica Guerin, Flawless, A Time to Kill, The Client, The Lost Boys
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherlund , Forest Whittaker, Radha Mitchell, Katie Holmes
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Colin Farrell – many
• Forest Whittaker – many
• Katie Holmes – Woman in Gold, Batman Begins, The Gift, The Ice Storm
• Why? Colin Farrell
• Seen: 8 January 2024  

        Stu (Farrell) is a fast-talking PR man who finds himself in one of NY’s last phone booths, talking to his girlfriend Pam (Holmes). As he leaves, the phone rings and he answers it. The Voice (Sutherland) tells him that if Stu leaves the phone booth he, the Voice, will kill him. He knows everything about Stu and his wife Kelly (Mitchell) and if Stu doesn’t obey, he might kill her too.

       The voice kills a guy trying to use the phone booth. Cops are involved. The Voice enjoys it, makes Stu say things to embarrass the cops or he’ll kill them too.

       Tense, suspenseful and clever. My advice? Don’t answer the phone in the phone booth.

      3 ½ * of 5