July 31, 2009
it was okay the plot was fine
Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham
A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. The catch? The woman claims to have been kidnapped; and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.
DVD Release Date: January 18, 2005
Stats: 3,668 reviews
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April 18, 2009"If the signal dies so does she."
A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. The catch? The woman claims to have been kidnapped; and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.
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May 1, 2008It was.. just watchable. Only just, I mean I survived watching the whole movie somehow, not that it was at all entertaining.
The plot was one of the stupidest I have ever seen. I mean really, it was. Here it is if you want to know why. Basically this woman [Kim Basinger] was k...( read more) -
April 22, 2008A first-rate, fast-paced, adreniline-pumping thriller. It packs on plenty of smarts and thrills. Gripping and intelligent edge of your seat fun. Lot's of action and suspense. Excitment in awsome dosages. It never lets up, this is to much of an enjoyable ride that you dont wanna m...( read more)
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November 18, 2009by debmm on William H. Macy: His handlebar cop mustache had me almost giggling every time he was in a scene though.
LOL same here. Infact I was like OMG WTF?!
Kno am not actually a Basinger Fan, but she was Awesome in this Movie. I think the plot was well made, dun...( read more) -
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November 12, 2009William H. Macy steals the show in this weak but still entertaining thriller. His handlebar cop mustache had me almost giggling every time he was in a scene though. lol Kim Bassinger and Jason Statham were good antagonists and Chris Evans looked super cute.
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Critic Reviews
September 11, 2004
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
September 10, 2004
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
It's Ellis's dedication to providing an unrelenting series of silly B-movie set pieces that makes the ridiculous Cellular ring. full review
September 10, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
This is one of the year's best thrillers. Better than Phone Booth, for my money, and I liked that, too. full review
September 9, 2004
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com
Mistakes rapid-fire editing, unfocused and shaky camerawork, and shrill sound effects with authentic storytelling. full review
September 9, 2004
David Edelstein, Slate
If thrills and spills like the ones in Cellular have been the stuff of melodrama since Pauline was tied to the tracks, mobile phones give a filmmaker more opportunities for cross-cutting and more weir... full review
September 9, 2004
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
It's an honest, unpretentious, well-made B picture with a clever, silly premise, a handful of sly, unassuming performances and enough car chases, decent jokes and swervy plot complications to make the... full review
September 9, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
A satisfying marriage of Hitchcockian suspense and brash B-movie energy. full review
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September 21, 2006Well, it looks good in the trailer. If you want my advice (which you do otherwise you wouldnt have read this far) watch it once, and be thourourly dissapointed, and use that experience to look out for other not so good movies. Credit has to go to EVERY other actor however, for putting in an effort, but Kim Basinger looks like shes waiting for the bus. For shame Kim for shame, you let your fellow actors down. Gets slightly better towards the end.
Justins Best Bit: Stealing a porsche, twice. -
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