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Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.
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90
An effectively creepy thriller about a 911 operator and a young miss in peril, The Call is a model of low-budget filmmaking.
70
The Call for the most part is a tense, extreme-jeopardy thriller that delivers the intended goods.
50
There’s little to differentiate this high-pitched screamer from a particularly feverish “Law and Order” rerun.
50
Rare is the thriller that goes as completely and utterly wrong as The Call does at almost precisely the one hour mark. Which is a crying shame, because for an hour, this is a riveting, by the book kidnapping.
50
All that unsavory business aside, the biggest problem with the third act is how the film discards the novelty of its own premise in order to bring its star into the action. When Berry trades her headset for a rock, it’s the bluntest metaphor imaginable for a film that’s completely lost its mind.
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