Latest reviews about When A Stranger Calls (2006)

mrose3b says "little scary, perfect date movie." about When A Stranger Calls (2006)

mrose3b — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:40:16 GMT

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kara4444 says "it was a ok moive." about When A Stranger Calls (2006)

kara4444 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:15:30 GMT

the previews made the movie to be better than what it really was it was not all that great of a movie. i deff. thought it was going to be better than what it really was. i mean dont get me wrong it was a ok movie i just would not watch it in the movies. deff wait till it came out on dvd.

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christrose4u says "This is a Great movie to watch" about When A Stranger Calls (2006)

christrose4u — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:18:29 GMT

I thought this movie was really good. Punished for going way over her cell minutes the younge girl has to babysit at a strange house to earn money to pay for the bill. While receiving phone calls from someone that keeps hanging up, she becomes uneasy about whose calling. Not being able to contact her friends because they are at a barn fire and their cell signal keeps droping. There are sounds coming from all around and the maid disappears and she's feels something is very wrong. Out in the middle of no where with no help, she tries to contact everyone on the contact sheet with no luck. In the house with no one around for miles who will help this poor child live till morning in this big house....

vampire3498 says "Thrilling movie about the terrifying experience of a baby-sitter" about When A Stranger Calls (2006)

vampire3498 — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:47:37 GMT

The movie When a Stranger Calls is about Jill, the typical teenager. She used too many cell phone minutes, and has to baby-sit to pay back her parents. Jill baby-sits in a secluded location and recieves ominous phone calls all night. The house she baby-sits at is creepy enough. The house is made of mostly glass. In Jill's one night of baby-sitting, she is terrified and scarred for life.

Camilla Belle is an amazing actress in this movie. The viewer can feel her terror. The villian is even more terrifying because the viewer doesn't know what he looks like until the last minute. He could be the person sitting next to you in the theater!

This film is rated PG-13 for intense terror, violence, and some language. There are only three or four incidents of crude language. As far as violence and terror go, there isn't any blood and gore stuff. I wouldn't recommend this movie for young children. I would recommend it for a suspense loving movie watcher.

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gamera23 says "Great architecture - so-so thriller." about When A Stranger Calls (2006)

gamera23 — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:51:30 GMT

The creative minds behind When A Stranger Calls

had a now-familiar puzzle to solve: How to remake a beloved 1970s genre hit with a fresh updated feel without ruining the original concept. But here, they had an extra twist to the trick – Fred Walton’s sharp 1979 thriller starring Carol Kane as a terrorized babysitter was written around the telephone technology of the day, drawing extra attention to the modern thriller dilemma of getting around the cell phones. In addition, the main twist of the plot has become a celebrated cliché, which has been spoofed in Saturday Night Live and Scream, that most viewers are bound to know going in. I don’t think I’m spoiling things to say, “Jill, we've traced the calls... They're coming from inside the house!”

For director Simon West (Con Air), the solution seems to be to distract us with architecture. The film’s opening sequence takes place in a spacious but cozy home that’s just charming – at least until it’s the site of a vicious homicide....

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