The Night Listener
by Patrick Stettner
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Actor: Bobby Cannavale, Joe Morton, Robin Williams, Rory Culkin, Toni ColletteDirector: Patrick Stettner
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 81 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-09
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax
Movie Reviews of The Night Listener
Movie Review: Don't Answer The Phone...
Summary: 4 Stars
After reading the DVD box quote by Roger Ebert: "An Eerie, Hitchcockian Thriller.", I was expecting a cross between PSYCHO, NORTH BY NORTHWEST, and REAR WINDOW. Well, I was pretty far off the mark! THE NIGHT LISTENER (based on a true story) isn't a very physical, or exhillerating movie. Instead, it is a movie that crawls under the skin with creeping dread. The story deals w/ the unpredictability of the mentally damaged. Robin Williams (ONE HOUR PHOTO, INSOMNIA) is his normal / abnormal stellar self as radio storyteller, Gabriel Noone who gets drawn into what he believes to be a close phone relationship w/ a horribly abused 14yo boy named Peter Logand. Of course, things are never quite as they appear to be. This time out, Williams gets to play the goodguy, plagued by Peter's caretaker, Donna (the incredible Toni Collette from The Dead Girl), who could be playing games w/ Noone, and just might be dangerous. Is Donna leading Gabriel along for some dark purpose? Worse, is she leading him deeper into her own insanity? I usually don't mention extras, but I recommend watching "The Night Listener Revealed" on this disc, as it explains a lot. Robin Williams actually gives the most chilling statement when he describes the real "Donna" making her presense known during the films production. Brrr! So, watch the movie and the extras, including a deleted scene that is definitely more "thrilling" than the rest of the movie!...
Summary of The Night Listener
Celebrity and psychosis collide to truly creepy effect in The Night Listener. Radio personality Gabriel Noone (Robin Williams) is asked to read an advance copy of a memoir by a boy who was horribly abused by his parents. Struck by the boy's story, Noone starts talking to him over the phone, gradually taking an almost parental interest in him--until someone suggests that the boy may not be exactly who he seems. Troubled, Noone flies to Wisconsin, where he meets the boy's social worker (Toni Collette, The Sixth Sense, In Her Shoes) and uncovers some alarming secrets. Don't let the vague, faux-literary title The Night Listener lead you astray; this is a horror movie and a very good one. There are no supernatural monsters or relentless axe-murderers, only a damaged, manipulative mind, which proves to be creepier than any serial killer. Williams gives an excellent, quirk-free performance, but it's Collette who gets under your skin and crawls around. She's vividly eerie, the sort of performance that can stick with you for days. Stealthy, surprising, and wonderfully acted all around--the movie also features Joe Morton (The Brother from Another Planet), Bobby Cannavale (The Station Agent), and Sandra Oh (Sideways)--The Night Listener is an unexpected gem. --Bret FetzerRobin Williams and Toni Collette star in this superb adaptation of Armistead Maupin's best-selling novel about a gay radio memoirist who becomes intrigued with a manuscript written by a survivor of sexual abuse.System Requirements:Run Time: 91 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 786936718133 Manufacturer No: 05266900
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