The Caller

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The Caller

PG-13

2008

1h 35m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Financial officer Jimmy Stevens (Frank Langella) works at a prominent energy company. After years of guilt, he decides to sabotage the company in retaliation for their damaging business policies in the Third World. Knowing there is a good chance that he will be killed for this transgression, Jimmy hires private detective Frank Turlotte (Elliott Gould) to trail and watch him without revealing his reasons. Soon, a past link between Jimmy and Frank will become important.

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

02/13/2009

1/4

IF Frank Langella hadn't received an Oscar nomination for "Frost/Nixon," it's pretty doubtful that an opaque oddity like Richard Ledes' The Caller would have managed even a one-week vanity booking at the Quad.

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

02/13/2009

1.5/5

A corporate crime drama that runs fatally amok.

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Karina Longworth

Time Out

02/11/2009

2/6

There's a vaguely appealing elegance to the way the film moves -- that is, when the actors stop spouting laughably portentous dialogue long enough for one to appreciate the film's pacing.

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Paul Chambers

CNNRadio

07/16/2009

D+

Painfully obvious where this film is going after just ten minutes. Poorly written, poorly conceived.

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Emily Blunt

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04/27/2009

3/4

Here's a quiet lion..read on->

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Kam Williams

Sly Fox

02/12/2009

1/4

Director Richard Leder was lucky enough to land actors of the caliber of Oscar-nominees Elliot Gould and Frank Langella only to squander their collective talents in service of a tedious yawner.

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05/13/2012

A corporate crime drama that runs fatally amok.

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02/19/2011

If you enjoy watching paint dry, this is your movie!

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01/03/2011

Really exceptionally bad acting.

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11/17/2010

Arketa endiaferon san ergo me kales ermineies...apla den exei kalo rithmo me apotelesma koilia...

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11/13/2010

Cinematography Of New York Looks Beautiful Against This Slow Moving Drama That Appears So Sure Of Itself. Performances Were Good But The Story?? I Did Not Get It At All!

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09/30/2010

A corporate crime drama that runs fatally amok.

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Synopsis

Financial officer Jimmy Stevens (Frank Langella) works at a prominent energy company. After years of guilt, he decides to sabotage the company in retaliation for their damaging business policies in the Third World. Knowing there is a good chance that he will be killed for this transgression, Jimmy hires private detective Frank Turlotte (Elliott Gould) to trail and watch him without revealing his reasons. Soon, a past link between Jimmy and Frank will become important.

Director: Richard Ledes
Producer: Rene Bastian, Richard Ledes, Linda Moran
Screenwriter: Richard Ledes, Alain-Didier Weill
Production Co: Belladonna Productions, Chapeau Films, Olive Press Cinema
Rating: PG-13 (Some Violent Images)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Apr 14, 2009
Runtime: 1h 35m

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