Movie Review – The Call (2020) (Netflix)
Movie Blurb:
Two people live in different times. Seo-Yeon lives in the present and Young-Sook lives in the past. One phone call connects the two, and their lives are changed irrevocably.
My Review:
It’s movie time! This time of year is great for relaxing with a good movie. Luckily my friends Stacy and Bryan were free and wanted to check something new out. We settled on this movie.
I really had a blast with this one. The plot summary instantly reminded me of The Caller (2011) with Rachelle Lefevre (Such a great actress!), and I think they got a lot of inspiration from that for this film. There is a time paradox present around a phone that can have some serious repercussions. I love anything to do with time travel or distortions, so this was right up my alley.
The characters were great. This woman Seo-Yeon keeps getting these calls from a stranger named Young-Sook, but when she gets involved in the young person’s troubled life she gets more than what she bargained for and then some. It wasn’t hard to root for Seo-Yeon and her struggle. At a certain point, I just started yelling ‘stop picking up the phone’! Young-Sook’s struggle was also relatable up to a point and then things get quite a bit darker.
This film is classified as a thriller, but I would say it’s horror if you really grasp the ramifications of the damage being done not only to Seo-Yeon and Young-Sook, but the world itself (butterfly effect). Every scene was riveting and had me on the edge of my seat wondering if things would get better or worse. I will say that I didn’t enjoy the ending, but I can certainly understand where the makers of this film were coming from.
Overall, this was a stellar horror movie with a fun time paradox thrown in that was well thought out and entertaining. I highly recommend watching this one!
Final Score
8/10
Wrap-up
That’s it for this movie review. How about you? Have you seen this one?
Did you enjoy it? Love it, hate it? Feel free to comment, and have a great day!
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It sounds like one both the hubster and I would like. Good review!
Thanks! I was pleasantly surprised by this one. My friend Stacy was like “See Jonny, this is why you have to watch more Korean films.” Shes a huge foreign film buff. 🙂