Movie Review for The Call

Posted by Charmaine Blake on Mar 18th, 2013 in Mystery, New Releases, Suspense, Thriller | 0 comments

Movie Review for The Call

Halle Berry stars in a new mystery and suspense film entitled: The Call. This new movie came out in theaters last Friday, March 15th 2013 and revolves around the events that haunt the life of veteran 911 operator, Jordan Turner (Berry). A tragedy that brought her to blame herself six months ago seem to have caught up with her yet again. The Call is directed by Brad Anderson and features other actors namely: Morris Chestnut, Abigail Breslin and Michael Imperioli. Check out the movie review for this new movie below:

“The Call: One of This Year’s Guilty Pleasure

Halle Berry‘s Jordan in the new film “The Call” is a Los Angeles 911 operator, but she’s not just any 911 operator.

Working in a nerve center known as the Hive, Jordan’s palpable inner beauty and her obvious outer beauty (isn’t that part of the reason you cast Halle Berry?) light up the Hive, despite the stressful job. She’s also one of the best at that job, radiating confidence and commanding the attention of her co-workers, as well as one adoring cop, her boyfriend Paul (Morris Chestnut).

Following a make-out session with Paul on the balcony of the call center during her break, Jordan receives an emergency call from a terrified girl whose home is being broken into. Jordan does her best to help but after a series of instructions and a fatal mistake, the young woman is killed and, of course, Jordan blames herself. It’s a riveting scene that pulls you into the story and hooks your attention for what’s to come.

Six months later, Jordan is off the floor and now trains 911 operators. On this particular day, a new 911 operator in the Hive can’t handle a call from Casey (Abigail Breslin), a teen girl who was abducted from a mall parking lot and is locked in the trunk of a moving car. Fortunately, Casey has a disposable phone in her pocket, left at the mall by her best friend, which she’s using to call 911. Jordan, exasperated and still haunted by the young girl’s death six months ago, takes over the call — determined that this one won’t end like the other one did.

And this is where I stop spoiling the movie. “The Call,” albeit nonsensical at times, is an effective and satisfying thriller, even if the acting by some of the supporting players isn’t exactly Oscar-caliber, and the script has the main characters making decisions that aren’t really consistent with who they’re supposed to be.

Brad Anderson, a veteran director of TV thrillers and dramas like “The Killing,” “Fringe” and “Boardwalk Empire,” in addition to the vastly underrated Christian Bale psychological thriller “The Machinist,” does a fantastic job of making up for some of the script deficits by ratcheting up the tension and getting the most out of the copious talents of Oscar-winner Berry and Oscar-nominee Breslin. The result: “The Call” is this year’s first legitimate guilty pleasure.

Three-and-a-half out of five stars.”

The original article can be read at ABC News

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Charmaine Blake loves movies, musical theater listening to music and taking pictures of anything that she finds interesting. She is a voracious reader and writer, and enjoys her time writing for New Movie Launches. Charmaine loves spending time with her pets and currently has a Siberian Husky, a toy poodle and a cat.