Joel Schumacher (8 MM, FALLING DOWN) directs this suspense drama set in New York City's Times Square. A wannabe hotshot publicist, Stu Shepherd (Colin Farrell), becomes trapped in a phone booth when he answers a call from a crazed gunman.
This is the kind of movie that is rare these days. It didn't cost an arm and a leg to make, it stars some good actors and the story line was plausible. The Hitchcock influence is obvious and the pacing of the film was just right. This is the best work by director Schumacher. The lead could have been played by any yuppie looking actor but Colin Farrell does a good job anyway in a role that puts you in his character's place.It's hard to make a movie work when it takes place in a confined space with few characters, but when those movies succeed, it shows. And that's how it is with "Phone Booth."
Entertaining and full of suspense