Film200691 min

The Night Listener

Name: The Night Listener
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 2006
Duration: 91 min
Cast: Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Rory Culkin, Sandra Oh, Joe Morton

Taste attributes: dramathrillercrimerobots/ai/spacehorrorfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricategrittyenclosedcomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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"You never know who's listening."

Boxlist takeA larger-than-life, unsavoury thriller: serious and fresh. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

5.6 /10

TMDB · 169 votes

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What lines up

Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring

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Synopsis

In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan—a young boy—via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.

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