 Thanks for checking out this movie review video. So this is for the 2021 film the call It is a shutter exclusive and it's coming to shutter on Thursday July 15th So since this review is coming out before that it is a no spoiler review I will just give you a very quick little synopsis of it basically and then Not too much actually because I don't want to ruin anything because if this is the film You're interested in and you want to watch you should definitely watch it now. I say this all the time especially with films I'm not a big fan of I didn't really like this film, but I will say I'm gonna repeat this Every film in my opinion is worth watching at least once just to figure out how you Individually feel about that film just because I wasn't a big fan of this doesn't mean you're not gonna love it And I've already seen some people out there on social media talking about really enjoying this film And that's great. There should be a fan base for every single film and they're pretty much is so Just check it out if you have interest in it But I will tell you my thoughts on this film right now Directed by Timothy Woodward, Jr. Who also did films such as finders keepers the root of all evil Seven faces of Jack the Ripper, which sounds like an interesting title Nome alone. Yes actual like little gnomes and the final wish I've not seen any of these films But I will say based off what I see in this film from a directorial and cinematography standpoint There's some good pedigree there With with Woodward, Jr. As far as directing and an eye for cinematography and the cinematography is working with So there's some good stuff there My biggest problem with this film was actually just the script the script was the biggest issue It was written by Patrick Stibbs speaking of the script. This is his only credit So this is the very first script he's ever done You can see maybe why there were some problems for that reason But once again, like I said, some people might like it I did not It has the big names in this one Lin Shea You know, obviously everyone knows limbs Lin Shea most from the movies like insidious the conjuring You know all those types of films. She's been in a lot of films over time though I think my my favorite role of hers was actually in Kingpin the Randy Quaid and a Bill Murray film Kingpin. Oh, I'm sorry and Woody Harrelson How can I forget Woody Harrelson? He was in that as well. So I think that's my favorite role of hers I'm sure a lot of people love her in that role But she does a good job in this as you would assume because she's a very seasoned actress And Tobin Bell is also in this and Tobin Bell also did a really good job in this I think my favorite parts of the film are when Tobin Bell is on screen delivering his lines I really do feel like he kind of steals the show and he just really kind of Choose a scenery as much as he can. I like I was saying I don't feel like the script is that good So I really do think that Lin Shea and Tobin Bell really did the best they could with with what they were given And for that matter the actors in general some of them are really not very good at all some of them are okay Other than Lin and Tobin But I think they all kind of tried to do what they could with the materials, you know to varying degrees really but Just my thought on it. So like I said to repeat coming to Shutter Thursday, July 15th Now this quick synopsis. I don't want to give you too much. So it's basically about some friends I think they're in high school Yeah, I believe they're in high school they Get involved have kind of an altercation to a degree with a local woman who's kind of you know Everybody knows about this growing up There's always like that house or that person in the neighborhood that people kind of whisper about behind their backs and say Oh, there was a murder there or this person's crazy. They're a shut-in. You know all that type of stuff So Lin Shea's character is kind of one of those people these high school students have a run-in with her Things don't go well and then she ends up dead That's not really You know spoiling much because that's not what the film's about So the these kids then are contacted by her husband played by Tobin Bell who says Interestingly enough you were left in her will but in order to get the money There is something you must go through and that's where I'm gonna leave it So interesting concept. I do think it's set in the 80s for some reason. I can't really figure out What the 80s was bringing to it except maybe just the ability to easily and ignore cell phones That's my only opinion on it because I don't see like otherwise I don't see a reason to have set this in the 80s unless you know the writer of the film and or director of the film just Really like the 80s. So they're like, I just want to set it in the 80s. It just feels very arbitrary You could just set it in times now and there there are other easy ways to kind of explain away cell phones But you know just saying There's a lot of fluid motion camera work with movement around things and following characters Which looks really good, which is what I was kind of talking about talking about directing cinematography It keeps things engaging from a visual standpoint But at certain times it actually does kind of go a little bit overboard where in particular There's a moment where the the students are together with with Tobin Bell and he's kind of explaining things And there's a lot of camera movement like every single shot It's the cameras moving like from side to side on characters And it really starts feel very overboard almost to the point where I was feeling like I was almost getting motion sickness And I'm like, that's a little yeah But just say the score hits a very nice tone for the film early and really does enhance the overall film for the Most part but it kind of devolves towards the end of the film into being Severely repetitive you start to hear the same stuff come up over and over and over and over again And it's not like great music so I Don't know and just like sound-wise that there are certain sounds that they use throughout the film to signal things that Very repetitive just keeps happening over and over and there is a lot of repetition in this film too And I'm gonna talk about another aspect of it in a little bit The dialogue is rough It's overly simplistic and creates a barrier from seeing much of any personality for most of the characters It also makes everything feel extremely choppy Many films I will compliment them if the dialogue is really good for having conversations that feel really realistic These conversations feel very detached like you're kind of missing part of the conversation in a sense And for that reason like I'm saying it's it's very choppy it comes off very choppy and unrealistic and Simplistic and just the dialogue is not good It's it's it's not good dialogue really and it doesn't develop anything really It just kind of seems like like a bunch of the writing in this It's just there to move things to the next plot point for the overall story I think there really need to be more time taken with the script to kind of work things out The characters are paper thin and oftentimes just do things to move the story forward with no real reasoning That's another thing. There is one Actually not one there are a few very key things that end up happening in this film They have to happen in order to move things forward But should have been done in a different way that feel more realistic Because there are definitely things that characters do where you're like really this person is gonna do this But then maybe again, that's supposed to be hearkening back to the way kind of a lot of horror films We're in the 80s where people were just kind of doing dumb things just because you know Everyone remembers watching those 80s horror films, especially slashers being like why would you go into this room? Why would you go into the basement when it's dark, you know things like that? So maybe that's what they were going for I don't know But it doesn't play that well at least not nowadays in my opinion for a newer film But other people may enjoy that about it There are scenes that are held a bit too long Which kind of takes you out of the film because you're kind of It's because it ends up feeling kind of like that moment after a conversation kind of ends and people are still standing there and Neither person knows what to talk about but you're still just standing there looking at each other and waiting for each other to talk like that moment of like Okay, I think we covered everything now What's going on like those are the moments that get hit when these scenes are going a bit too long and there's a Good amount of those that happen in the film Really those scenes just need to be cut a little bit earlier when it came to the editing portion So yeah, and then for that reason as well it kind of messes with the overall flow of the film as well Nice shooting locations and set design. I will say that they did a really good job with picking the shooting locations They look really good Appropriately creepy sets up good atmosphere and the design of them really great job on that Yeah, builds great atmosphere the scares are unbelievably disappointing in my opinion Especially because they're almost all exactly the same scare This is what I was talking about with more of the repetitive stuff. It gets unbelievably old very very fast They just keep doing the same type of scare stuff over and over and over and it's just like Where is the variety and especially for a film like this that you know, it's not written super well The characters are not super interesting. It's an okay concept You need something and you need like good scares. You need good kills. You need that type of stuff and it is Definitely not there. It's not even close It really take it really took me out of it. It really made me feel like I didn't have anything To be interested in in this film really and there were a lot of moments where it really did feel like they were just wasting time Just trying to hit a certain runtime which the runtimes like I think it was like an hour and 37 38 minutes something like that So like the runtime is not bad But the story is not there To get there and there's a bunch of other stuff that's not there to keep you interested like interesting characters interesting character interactions scares practical effects all sorts of stuff Very lackluster ending to the film as well in my opinion Just not very good Once again though directing cinematography good music for the most part good set design really good and location scouting great job on that The script feels like it was a first draft that's plagued with poorly written characters poorly written Dialogue and a bunch of things written out of convenience Really does seem like a first draft like a really a Someone trying to write a script for the first time and it's their first draft and they just shot it Maybe the people will think that's a little bit unfair But that's the way I view it but that's also why I'm telling you just go ahead and watch it If you have interest because you might actually find something else in it And if you do go ahead and comment down here and let me know You know, I think that I loved it because blah blah blah, you know, tell me did you agree with me? Do you disagree with me? I'm always open hearing other people's opinions Because maybe you can enlighten me a little bit as to something I may have missed You know some sort of subtext that puts something else there in the film The film is slow and feels stretched for a certain runtime. That's the other thing so That's all I kind of have to say about the call not a big fan So out of five stars with half stars in play, I'm gonna give them a One-star rating on this one. I was between one star and one and a half stars But I just think that the script writing is so low level that Yeah, I mean, that's the foundation for your whole film really and there's not really much that anyone else can do After they take a script that's not well done, you know You can't do a whole lot to fix that director cinematographer Costumer actors actresses like and You'll see I feel like a lot of people with the film did what they could but the foundation is not there So one star rating on this one would like I said would love to hear your opinions on it Go ahead and put it in the comments. 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