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35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterPhone Booth is 82 New York minutes long, all of them exciting.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThe result is a movie that combines a seriousness of purpose with an impish delight in craft, in a way Hitchcock would have appreciated.
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickA tabloidy, nail-biting thriller.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenIt's a movie perfectly designed for tossing back popcorn (the jumbo kind so you don't have to leave your seat during the show); not until later do you get the empty feeling that you've swallowed an entire bucket of popped air.
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenCan't spoil the ending, except to say that it spoils itself.
- 63USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkSuperficially gritty yet soullessly slick melodrama.
- 58Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevySchumacher's depictions of street life are cartoonishly ludicrous and riddled with cliches -- a pair of garish hookers, for instance, can't be excused simply because one is played with engaging vigor by Paula Jai Parker.
- 50Film ThreatRick KisonakFilm ThreatRick KisonakThe situation is suspenseful and unique enough to hold our attention for a time.
- 40L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonAt only 84 minutes, Phone Booth's brevity turns out to be its only saving grace.
- 30SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirA movie that's laughable without, alas, even being enjoyably awful.