Phone Booth is 82 New York minutes long, all of them exciting.Read Full Review »
80
Washington Post: Michael O'Sullivan
What keeps Phone Booth going, despite its premise, is the acting and the writing, both of which are top-notch.Read Full Review »
75
ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
Farrell is a dynamo. And Kiefer Sutherland, whose sniper role is essentially a voice on the phone, matches Farrell subtle shift for subtle shift.Read Full Review »
75
Boston Globe: Ty Burr
Short, suspenseful, funny, and profane, the film's a throwback to the neat little B-level thrillers the entertainment industry used to crank out by the dozen in the post- World War II era and the early days of TV.Read Full Review »
75
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The movie is essentially a morality play, and it's not a surprise to learn that Larry Cohen, the writer, came up with the idea 20 years ago--when there were still phone booths and morality plays.Read Full Review »
Best appreciated as hilarious pulp metaphor, which, not coincidentally, happens to be one of the screenwriter's specialties.Read Full Review »
40
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Manohla Dargis
Without question, the whole thing's absurd -- this is, remember, about a guy stuck in a phone booth -- but for its first 40 minutes or so it's also mildly entertaining, fueled by the nuttiness of the setup and Schumacher's energy.Read Full Review »
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