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Metascore
55 out of 100

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6.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

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  • Starring: Ari Graynor, Justin Long, Lauren Miller
  • Summary: The reserved Lauren and the irrepressible Katie are polar opposites… and past enemies. But when both come up short on the funds needed to afford their dream New York City apartment a mutual friend re-introduces them and they reluctantly agree to room together. These apartment-mates have noththing in common – until Lauren discovers that Katie is working as a phone-sex operator, and recognizes a good business opportunity. But as their business partnership takes off, their newfound friendship finds unexpected challenges that may leave them both, as they say, hanging on the telephone. (Focus Features)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 30
  3. Negative: 6 out of 30
  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    Aug 24, 2012
    83
    The notion of a love story that's really about two women becoming friends is gimmicky, I'll grant, but Graynor and Miller are so charming together, and the movie is so focused and funny.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    Aug 30, 2012
    75
    This movie is basically where some small-screen comedy in the last year has been: "2 Broke Girls," "New Girl," and, their far superior sister, "Girls."
  3. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Mike McCahill
    Nov 4, 2012
    60
    The dialogue, penned by Miller with Katie Anne Naylon, is subversively salty: surpassing even those Judd Apatow comedies to which it's indebted, this is almost certainly the filthiest movie ever to bear the Universal logo.
  4. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Jess Righthand
    Aug 30, 2012
    38
    Even if a good phone-sex movie does exist, For a Good Time, Call . . . is woefully, definitively not it.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
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  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. BrianMcCritic
    8
    This is a funny movie with a decent amount of heart. This film could have been horrible like other raunchy comedies have been over the last couple years, but it's not because of the two lead actresses along with a couple of well placed cameos.… Expand
  2. Kadeemluvmusic
    8
    I think the movie was hilarious making a phone-sex type of movie instead of a XXX commercial on Playboy TV. Very raunchy, more like Zach and Miri Make A Porno or Striptease. But it's sex first, candy later. I didn't see the movie, but it's worth a buy. I was wondering if Director Kevin Smith is watching in retrospect.… Expand
  3. MegWhiteley
    7
    For a Good Time Call, wow, good movie, have much funny situations, and much funny lines, an interesting trama, with a great development, and good performances. I consider that For a Good Time Call is a good movie.… Expand
  4. nickgreene11
    2
    Campy to a fault, For a Good Time, Call... takes an unorthodox subject, phone sex, and lays it on top of a plot which checks off every single cliché in film about friendship. The two protagonists were flatter than cardboard cutouts, introduced more as caricatures than characters. The only exception was Justin Long's character who's quirkiness stole our attention every time he was on screen. A story with no struggle, and no point, dictated by the horrible soundtrack.… Expand

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