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For a Good Time, Call ...

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57% Tomatometer 106 Reviews 53% Popcornmeter 50,000+ Ratings
Reserved Lauren (Lauren Anne Miller) and bubbly Katie (Ari Graynor) are polar opposites and past enemies. However, when both gals find they lack sufficient funds to rent their dream apartment in New York City, they become reluctant roommates. Lauren and Katie have nothing in common -- until Lauren realizes that Katie's work as a phone-sex operator could become a great business opportunity. But, as the women's business partnership takes off, unexpected challenges threaten their new friendship.
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Brisk, funny, and sweetly raunchy, For a Good Time, Call... adds to the recent string of R-rated female comedies while serving as an overdue coming out party for the charming Ari Graynor.

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Kimber Myers The Playlist 08/15/2013
C+
It's a comedy that isn't always funny as it struggles to find the right tone between raunchy and sweet. It celebrates female friendship in a way few movies do, but good intentions don't always make for a good film. Go to Full Review
Rachel Cooke Observer (UK) 11/04/2012
Tedious and repellent: avoid. Go to Full Review
Donald Clarke Irish Times 11/02/2012
1/5
If there's one thing more annoying than the dumb mainstream sex comedy, it's the dumb mainstream sex comedy that has aspirations towards indie funk. Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 07/30/2019
A breezy, sweet, and utterly winning comedic vehicle that moves so quick you'll be willing to overlook some of its clichés and nonsensical qualities Go to Full Review
Kelly Jane Torrance Washington Examiner 12/21/2018
2/4
The setup here is excruciatingly long. Go to Full Review
Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies 04/02/2018
For a Good Time, Call... is a film that works because of it's strong performances and funny script. Go to Full Review
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Feb 6 For a good time don’t watch this movie bingos See more Lou M 09/28/2024 Such a feel good easy movie, perfect girlie flick. It’s left me with a smile on my face. Loved it!! See more 11/14/2022 I'm really surprised by all the hate towards this movie. I thought it was a funny good weird time at the movies. Is it crass at times, yes but it makes for an entertaining edgy comedy. The chemistry between the main two actors are amazing. It feels like they're real friends. One thing I didn't like was the guy who wanted to date in real life and wasn't a creep because I'm assuming most people who do phone you know are creeps and weirdos. Of course I may be stereotyping and I apologize if this is offensive but who else would be making these phone calls. In the end I had a good time, it's a simple movie but with normal friend dumb arguments that happen in real life. Good movie, I recommend it but definitely not a date night movie, I don't know what the demographic is. Oct 28 22 See more 07/08/2022 I am so upset by this movie's Rotten Tomatoes' score. This movie is fantastic. This is coming from a person who like art house films (which admittedly this movie is not). What the movie is though is exactly what it wants to be: the perfect "hoe-mance" as my friend called it. It is about two women becoming friends while operating a phone sex line and I loved every single millisecond of their friendship. The two leads have incredible chemistry together. In fact, there are only two things I would say are issues with the film. 1. The one instance of conflict is completely manufactured and feels so forced. Thankfully it almost seems like the movie understands that and glides past it. 2. The movie isn't a show. I could see these two women playing off of each other for longer than I feel comfortable saying. Another cool thing about the movie, its really progressive. The main characters are sex workers and neither they nor the men/women paying for the sex work are judged. While the directing is mostly pretty boiler plate, I would say that this is where the directing does shine. The director is never casting positive or negative reflections on any of these people for any of the weird stuff they're into and the film even makes you invest in one of the callers. Oh yeah its also incredibly funny. Watch it. See more 10/18/2021 If the romance genre is a high point of major motion pictures, and if gratuitous smutty cheeseball horndog romps are the low point... this is smack dab in the middle. Actually, the end was really dumb so it falls below the median. Whole thing was too cute. See more 09/04/2021 This was actually really solid 3.7 See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Reserved Lauren (Lauren Anne Miller) and bubbly Katie (Ari Graynor) are polar opposites and past enemies. However, when both gals find they lack sufficient funds to rent their dream apartment in New York City, they become reluctant roommates. Lauren and Katie have nothing in common -- until Lauren realizes that Katie's work as a phone-sex operator could become a great business opportunity. But, as the women's business partnership takes off, unexpected challenges threaten their new friendship.
Director
Jamie Travis
Producer
Lauren Miller Rogen, Katie Anne Naylon, Josh Kesselman, Jenny Hinkey, Jennifer Weinbaum
Screenwriter
Lauren Miller Rogen, Katie Anne Naylon
Distributor
Focus Features
Production Co
AdScott Pictures
Rating
R (Some Drug Use|Language|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 7, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.2M
Runtime
1h 26m
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