This film is about a young guy who gets trapped in a public phone booth where he is menaced by a maniac sniper on the line who is watching him. And it's OK. My disappointment is that, for various reasons, I thought it was going to be much better.
I loved the basic premise, and I thought the casting was interesting. I'd also heard positive things about it. But in reality, far from gripping me as I thought it would, I found my mind wandering a bit by half-way through - and it's the kind of film where that shouldn't really happen.
Colin Farrell is good, as is the disembodied voice of Keifer Sutherland. The director tries a number of innovative techniques like split screens etc. which give it a curiosity value. Personally, I found the constant music soundtrack intrusive after a while but I commend them for trying it as something different.
So see it by all means. Just don't expect too much. All that's wrong with PhoneBooth is that the tension is just that bit more slack than it needs to be in films like this, and that's what makes it a decent film rather than an excellent one.
I loved the basic premise, and I thought the casting was interesting. I'd also heard positive things about it. But in reality, far from gripping me as I thought it would, I found my mind wandering a bit by half-way through - and it's the kind of film where that shouldn't really happen.
Colin Farrell is good, as is the disembodied voice of Keifer Sutherland. The director tries a number of innovative techniques like split screens etc. which give it a curiosity value. Personally, I found the constant music soundtrack intrusive after a while but I commend them for trying it as something different.
So see it by all means. Just don't expect too much. All that's wrong with PhoneBooth is that the tension is just that bit more slack than it needs to be in films like this, and that's what makes it a decent film rather than an excellent one.