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Cellular

2004

David R. Ellis

Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, William H. Macy ...

5.7

15,185

Thriller. Action. Drama A man recieves a random call on his cell phone, only to answer it and have a woman tell him she's been kidnapped, and she's going to be killed soon. The kidnappers have also gone after her husband and son, she tells the man. She needs serious help, but there's a problem: she has no idea where she is. Cell phone batteries don't last forever, so the race is on.

	Author	Review
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"Yes, a movie about a cell phone can be entertaining."	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"It's an honest, unpretentious, well-made B picture"	POS
United Kingdom	Nev Pierce BBC	"A quick, slick and silly thriller (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"Using the clever premise, it packs a lot of thrills into a short space while keeping the level of tension consistently high (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"It’s like the madly busy climax of an action film stretched out to feature length."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"This is one of the year's best thrillers (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Danny Graydon Empire	"As long as you're prepared to take the plot with a grain of salt, you could do worse.(…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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