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The Caller
UK 2022
produced by Daniel Vallecillo, Richard Anthony Dunford, Mitchell Giangobbe (executive), Roger Goncalves (executive) for Hypericum Films
directed by Richard Anthony Dunford
starring Sarah Alexandra Marks, Eric Roberts, Colin Baker, Dani Thompson, Meghan Adara, Amber Doig-Thorne, Judson Vaughan, Anna Tammela, Daisy Boyden, Karl Kennedy-Williams, Chrissie Wunna, Fergus O'Donnell, Jamie Langlands, Stephanie Hazel, Denise Wilton, Claire De Boer, Sammy Attalah, Sacha Firmager, Anna Fraser, Tom Clear, Sarah Maddocks, Neil James, Sophie Flack, Christian Dapp, Obie Dean, Grace Whitfield, Lena Richardson, Ruby-Mae Cooper, Paul Coster, Sophie Karl, Lewis Cartwright, Alexandra Dionelis, Petroula Kaneti-Dimmer, Barry Aldridge, John H. Shelton, Ray Tang, Kasper Michaels, Amber Bayley, Wayne Liversidge, Julie Rose Smith, Jude Jones, Gary Krost, Jay Shurey, Sophie Methuen-Turner, Della Griffiths, Kento Yoshioka, Sophia Lewis, Donna Mompalao, Stefanos Christofi, Indie Peart, Jessica Landauer, Mark Gilbert, Anna Gilbert, Carolle Armitage
written by Richard Anthony Dunford, music by Gavin Manuel
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Izzy (Sarah Alexandra Marks) works at a call center for a big bank -
not out of vocation mind you but because she just needs the money, and she
can work from home ... or from her uncle's (Judson Vaughan) nice summer
residence where she has chosen to house-sit while he's out of town. And
frankly, she's rather good at the job, she has a pleasant voice, knows
where to show sympathy without compromising company interests, and isn't
one that can be lured into arguments easily. Sure, her boss (Dani
Thompson) is still dissatisfied with her work, but that's mostly because
the company's chronically understaffed and she'd prefer for Izzy to take
less time with each customer. But in general, Izzy's doing a good job -
until one Caleb Baxter (Eric Roberts) calls, a guy who's very unhappy with
her services even though he's asking her to do what she's neither
authorized nor able to do and accuses her for things she had no personal
involvement in. And during the phonecall, Caleb gets so worked up that
Izzy eventually sees no other response than to hang up, after warning him
that she would do so several times. Problem is, Caleb calls again, and
before long starts to threaten her - but in a way that makes Izzy believe
Caleb actually knows where she lives. Izzy calls the police repeatedly
(with one of the officers voiced by Colin Baker), but there's little they
can do just based on a probably random phonecall. And eventually, Izzy has
to realize she's no longer alone in the house ... A really nice
piece of (in the best way possible) old-fashioned suspence cinema, a movie
that focuses on build-up of tension rather than cheap shocks, spends time
with building character arcs that eventually feature strongly within the
storyline, and that for great ultimate effect keeps spectacle on the
backburner pretty much throughout. And Sarah Andrea Marks, who's in pretty
much every shot of the movie (apart from the prologue) carries the whole
thing rather beautifully. And all of this makes for a pretty awesome piece
of genre cinema.
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