Simply Perfect

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Halle Berry works at a major 911 call center. She is the queen bee in the hive. Someone (Michael Eklund) is kidnapping and killing young girls. Halle breaks the first rule: "Stay emotionally detached and never make promises" when she has to direct a young emotional girl (Abigail Breslin) in the trunk of a car. Halle pulls out all the stops and goes outside the box to assist the girl.The film had me on the edge of my seat, which is hard to do at my age. It had the intensity of "Dirty Harry." WARNING: The kidnapper tortures his victims by forcing them to listen to "Taco" and "Boy George." Well done. Worth the view.Parental Guide: F-bombs. No sex or nudity. Girl in bra.

The Call in totality is an average film, containing both the good and the bad.It is an intense tearjerker thriller for two thirds of the film, with some poor characters and unnecessary stuff during. The last third, once Jordan is taken off call and it's no longer an intense pursuit, the film doesn't have much to stand on. I think if you are going to introduce the villain, explaining why he is doing the things he's doing. You need to do it earlier in the film, not at the end. Plus they could of used child actors playing out some of the scenes instead of using pictures, seems a bit lazy to me. I think Halle Berry could of been better with the bulk of the screen time, but a substantial portion of the film was very good anyway.

The Call is an intriguing film about 911 operator Jordan Turner (Hally Berry) who takes a call from teenager Casey Welson (Abigail Breslin), kidnapped by a madman.This intensity of the 911 call between Jordan and the distressed Casey adds to the suspense and keeps the plot a fast-paced thriller - all leading to the creepy intentions of the antagonist and the semi-unpredictable climax.The film also takes an in-depth and exciting look at survival and judgment calls. The acting was pretty good and the direction of the flick is straight-forward and to-the-point, grabbing your attention right away and keeping out all the boring and unnecessary fillers. A pretty good movie for a Saturday night.Grade B

This a very very on the edge movie. Personally I would have had to rate it a number 10 . It was one that caught my attention through the whole movie ! Wish they had more like this one !I would watch another one like this any time !Hailey played the part like a real live operator. She was so calm through the calls and her attention with the people were so real life !