Cell

Play trailer

2:30

Cell

R

Released Jul 8, 2016

1h 38m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

11%

Tomatometer

56 Reviews

17%

Popcornmeter

2,500+ Ratings

A graphic novelist (John Cusack) begins a desperate search for his estranged wife (Clark Sarullo) and son (Ethan Andrew Casto) after a mysterious cellphone signal transforms New Englanders into savage killers.

Watch on Fandango at Home

Buy Now

Critics Consensus

Shoddily crafted and devoid of suspense, Cell squanders a capable cast and Stephen King's once-prescient source material on a bland rehash of zombie cliches.

Read Critics Reviews

Steve Greene

indieWire

This is the undead equivalent of fast food. Some might find comfort in all these known quantities. Those looking for anything of substance would do better to wait for an upgrade.

Rated: C-

Jan 1, 2017

Full Review

Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

A deeply silly horror movie.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 10, 2016

Full Review

Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

The slapdash quality to the plotting is matched by the inept film-making - the dialogue is frequently inaudible, the night scenes murkily lit.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 28, 2016

Full Review

Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

The film's lifelessness and sloppiness represent an all-time-low for King adaptations, which is saying something.

Rated: 0.5/4

Apr 11, 2022

Full Review

Victoria Luxford

City AM

Cheap production values underline the suspicion that this started out as an earnest attempt to adapt the book, and devolved into a mediocre zombie film in a world overrun with mediocre zombie films.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 18, 2022

Full Review

Jason Adams

My New Plaid Pants

It feels like they had one day too few too shoot it, one dollar too little, one hot cappuccino two degrees too cold delivered to John Cusack's trailer just a minute too late to put him in the right mood on the first day of shooting

Jul 6, 2021

Full Review

Read all reviews

Kaspian O

I was excited to find this movie it looked promising but man was i wrong

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/19/25

Full Review

Chris S

If not for John and Sam wouldn't have given it a moment of time.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/12/25

Full Review

Andi R

This is a good “ junk food “ movie. John and Samuel are a good team and interesting if anything to watch.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/09/25

Full Review

Megan C

Garbage. So many pointless scenes. Predictable. Expected better of the zombie action too. Not worth a watch.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/03/25

Full Review

Not A

Mild spoiler. Definitely not the greatest movie of all time but, it's watchable. Some of the choices the characters make are frustrating. I think that's with most movies of this nature, always have to keep themselves in a predicament. One thing that really bothered me is they didn't snag an abandoned car right away. Anyway if you like these kind of movies give it a watch. Personally it kind of reminded me of a better version of "Bird Box". One last thing, I thought it was funny in the airport when they were calling out flight information over the P.A. system, the flight number was "1408". Another John Cusack film. I wonder if that was coincidence or done on purpose.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/17/24

Full Review

Aneta L

Very disappointing adaptation of a great book. The plot is all over the place, it lucks suspense and feels very flat. Probably the worst King’s adaptation I’ve ever seen.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/06/24

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Tod Williams

Director

John Cusack

Clay Riddell

Samuel L. Jackson

Tom McCourt

Isabelle Fuhrman

Alice Maxwell

Owen Teague

Jordan

Clark Sarullo

Sharon Riddell

He Never Died

88%

65%

He Never Died

Watchlist

TRAILER

for He Never Died

Don't Breathe

88%

79%

Don't Breathe

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Don't Breathe

The Other Side of the Door

35%

30%

The Other Side of the Door

Watchlist

TRAILER

for The Other Side of the Door

The Gallows

15%

22%

The Gallows

Watchlist

The Purge

41%

36%

The Purge

Watchlist

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

The Secret Life of Pets Is Funny and Colorful

Cell: Trailer 1

2:30

View more videos

View more photos

Synopsis

A graphic novelist (John Cusack) begins a desperate search for his estranged wife (Clark Sarullo) and son (Ethan Andrew Casto) after a mysterious cellphone signal transforms New Englanders into savage killers.

Director: Tod Williams
Producer: Richard Saperstein, Michael Benaroya, Brian Witten, Shara Kay
Screenwriter: Stephen King, Adam Alleca
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: Genre Company, Benaroya Pictures
Rating: R (Disturbing Violent Content|Brief Sexuality|Language|Terror)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 8, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 29, 2016
Runtime: 1h 38m

Most Popular at Home Now