The Caller

PG-13

2008

1h 35m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

List

13%

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16 Reviews

19%

Audience Score

250+ Ratings

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

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.

Rated: 1/4

Feb 13, 2009

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

A corporate crime drama that runs fatally amok.

Rated: 1.5/5

Feb 13, 2009

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Karina Longworth

Time Out

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.

Rated: 2/6

Feb 11, 2009

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Paul Chambers

CNNRadio

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

Rated: D+

Jul 16, 2009

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Emily Blunt

Blunt Review

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

Rated: 3/4

Apr 27, 2009

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Kam Williams

Sly Fox

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.

Rated: 1/4

Feb 12, 2009

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A corporate crime drama that runs fatally amok.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

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

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

Really exceptionally bad acting.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

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!

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

A corporate crime drama that runs fatally amok.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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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: Chapeau Films, Olive Press Cinema, Belladonna Productions
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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