The Night Listener
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Actor: Bobby Cannavale, Joe Morton, Robin Williams, Rory Culkin, Toni ColletteBrand: Buena Vista Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 82 minutes
Published: 2007-01-01
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-09
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Miramax
Movie Reviews of The Night Listener
Movie Review: Based on a true story
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a movie that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Toni Collette is wonderful. I also loved Robin Williams' performance. His anger is always very close to the surface, as the approaching-middle-age gay man whose lover has left him. I believe he has a sense of being rescued by his telephone conversations with an abused teenaged boy and his adopted social worker mother. His sense of betrayal is palpable when it begins to appear that the boy and the woman are one and the same person, and that the boy may not actually exist. As more and more evidence begins to unfold pointing to the woman as being very unbalanced and "making up" the existance of the boy to garner sympathy, Williams' character is at first in angry denial. His turmoil over the probable non-existance of the boy levels off, as he talks it over with a young friend played by Sandra Oh. At the end, we see that Gabriel has come to terms with his ex-lover's departure and has even managed to maintain a tender friendship with the much younger man. The special features were good on this DVD, with a segment showing the book's author, Armistead Maupin, telling of his true-life experience on which he based his novel.
Summary of The Night Listener
Academy Award(R) winner Robin Williams (Best Supporting Actor, GOOD WILL HUNTING, 1997; ONE HOUR PHOTO, INSOMNIA) is unforgettable in a riveting, critically acclaimed psychological thriller based on true events! Gabriel Noone (Williams), a celebrated writer and late-night talk show host, becomes captivated by the harrowing story of a young listener and his adoptive mother (Toni Collette ? LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, IN HER SHOES). When troubling questions arise about the boy?s identity, however, Noone finds himself drawn into a widening mystery that hides a deadly secret! Also starring Sandra Oh (SIDEWAYS, TV?s GREY'S ANATOMY) and based on the best-selling novel by Armistead Maupin, THE NIGHT LISTENER delivers unpredictable twists and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat!Similar DVD Movies
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