The picture has a low-stakes, cop-show vitality to it; it doesn't pretend to be more than the sum of its parts.
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09/11/04
Cellular (2004)
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Reviews Counted:147
Fresh:79
Rotten:68
Average Rating:5.7/10
Consensus: Contrived but energetic B-movie.
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: The very definition of a "taut" thriller, this suspense yarn scripted by Larry Cohen (PHONE BOOTH) aims straight for the adrenaline glands and never lets go. A lazy beach bum named Ryan (Chris... [More]
Starring: Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, William H. Macy
Director: David R. Ellis
Reviews for Cellular
A solid combination of tension and comic relief.
09/11/04
If you've seen everything else, and if you're standing outside the theater at 7:10 and there's a showing of Cellular at 7:20, then by all means, go ahead and see it.
09/11/04
It's Ellis’s dedication to providing an unrelenting series of silly B-movie set pieces that makes the ridiculous Cellular ring.
09/10/04
It's perfecto as escapist moviegoer fare.
09/10/04
Instead of actually coming up with ideas that work, the filmmakers have decided to quickly barrel right over them in the hopes that the audience won't notice.
09/10/04
Sorry, wrong number. ... The title character -- our hero's Nokia cellphone -- gets more, not to mention more interesting, tasks to perform than "Cellular's" human co-stars.
09/10/04
Cellular is so corny it's even behind its own time.
09/10/04
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Top CriticIts adroit use of suspense makes you overlook the silliness.
09/10/04
I enjoyed every one of its 89 minutes.
09/10/04
Features more vehicular stunts and low-brow gags than the delicately contrived premise can comfortably support.
09/10/04
An absurdly concocted car chase and rescue operation predicated on the marvels of modern telecommunications.
09/10/04
A quick, efficient thriller that gets right to the point.
09/10/04
A plucky thriller that also serves as a satire on today's instant- gratification phone culture.
09/10/04
Made me long for my free nights and weekends.
09/10/04
As the brand of thriller where ordinary people are in peril and forced to take extraordinary risks, Cellular is distressingly predictable and not a tad scary. But as a parody of the genre, it's a scream.
09/10/04
Ellis, up from stunt work (but not very far), hangs onto the whopper moments for dear life, even if cheap laughs outweigh a mother's pain.
09/10/04
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