- Studio: New Line Cinema
- Release Date: Sep 10, 2004
- Starring: Kim Basinger
- Summary: A random wrong number on his cell phone sends a young man into a high-stakes race against time to save a woman's life. (New Line Cinema)
- Director: David R. Ellis
- Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Crime
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 29
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Mixed: 15 out of 29
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Negative: 1 out of 29
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88By occupying their roles believably, by acting as we think their characters probably would, they save the movie from feeling like basic Hollywood action (even when it probably is). This is one of the year's best thrillers.
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80A thriller that isn't kinky isn't much of a thriller. And Cellular has the best kinky phone gimmick since "Sorry, Wrong Number" (1948).
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60The whole thing skims along on suspension of disbelief.
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25Using a kidnapping plot to call up some old-fashioned suspense, it doesn't even get a dial tone.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 28
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Mixed: 1 out of 28
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Negative: 8 out of 28
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