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Read from 22 comments (20 from Metacritic, 2 from TMDB reviews) β 9 of them described how it moves.
β steady β Holds one level all the way. Warm most of the way through. Very little of it ever resolves.
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βstarts off a bit slow in the first actβ
RalphRahal Β· TMDB reviews β
βit quickly picks up the pace and becomes more intense as it goes alongβ
RalphRahal Β· TMDB reviews β
βthey did a fantastic job in the beginning showing us who this guy is and they made him likeable, even though he is a jerkβ
MatePolcz Β· Metacritic β
βthe first and final 10 minutes it takes place in one phone boothβ
MatePolcz Β· Metacritic β
βkeeps you hooked until the endβ
qqzii Β· Metacritic β
βThe Phone Booth has an excellent level of suspense, almost the benchmark for a thrillerβ
eva3si0n Β· Metacritic β
Read 26 Aug 2026 Β· confidence 33% Β· scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score Β· how this works
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βPhone Booth is 82 New York minutes long, all of them exciting.β
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post Β· 80
βIt spends little time on exposition, instead quickly getting into the thrust of the movie. For a film like this, it’s advantageous, grabbing the audience almost immediately after the opening credits.β
Clint Morris, Film Threat Β· 80
βProvides a reminder of the power of unadorned drama and language -- whole torrents of eloquent words -- in the service of a nifty idea.β
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal Β· 80
βWhat keeps Phone Booth going, despite its premise, is the acting and the writing, both of which are top-notch.β
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post Β· 80
βThe result is a movie that combines a seriousness of purpose with an impish delight in craft, in a way Hitchcock would have appreciated.β
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle Β· 75
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 26 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
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βthey did a fantastic job in the beginning showing us who this guy is and they made him likeable, even though he is a jerkβ
MatePolczabout 0β10% inread it β
βthe first and final 10 minutes it takes place in one phone boothβ
MatePolczabout 90β100% inread it β
βkeeps you hooked until the endβ
qqziiabout 0β100% inread it β
βThe Phone Booth has an excellent level of suspense, almost the benchmark for a thrillerβ
eva3si0nabout 0β100% inread it β
βstarts off a bit slow in the first actβ
RalphRahalabout 0β33% inread it β
βit quickly picks up the pace and becomes more intense as it goes alongβ
RalphRahalabout 33β100% inread it β
βPhone Booth dials up its millennial tension through suspenseful confined calls. Joel Schumacher is a rather inconsistent director. Unusual, yet capricious. From βThe Lost Boysβ to βBatman & Robinβ, his career has been considerably scattershot in terms of quality. Phone Booth, whilst quintessentially being a product of its time, happens to be his most simplistic. An arrogant publicist is held hostage in a phone booth by a mysterious sniper who offers him an ultimatum. A hyperbolised exercise iβ
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