The Calling

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ShawBarrie A @MissMiller May 4 The book series is good, and this movie would have been better if we could have gotten to see the more interesting hazel the book offered. The premise is interesting enough and the killer had an intriguing, but not so unique backstory, but this film tore the spine and the guts out of the book and gave us a limp noodle. See more Sally G @WellingtonSally Jan 31 Seriously impressive cast. Terribly long and super predictable. Not at all scary or suspenseful. See more Glen W @RT20267106 Sep 11 Another stressed out female cop with health problems and/or alcoholism, but lucks out in the end. Good cast, but no likeability. See more Jelisije J @jjosifovic 11/16/2024 A serial killer is around and Susan Sarandon must try to stop him in an unexpected good thriller. See more Mary S @Bloody_Mary 09/08/2024 There was a very original element to this movie, which I very much appreciated as someone who had studied linguistics. The performances are a bit wooden, and there is a lot about the portrayal of law enforcement that was implausible. But I enjoyed this nonetheless. See more Jesse L @TommyTomatoeater 11/12/2023 *SOME SPOILERS* What was most irritating was the blatant disregard for reality of how police services work in Canada. Police Chief asks for police staffing from a completely different jurisdiction and talks to someone there as if he is her boss (if she were OPP this would make sense, but she's not); cop flies outside jurisdiction to a completely different province, enters a property without probable grounds, finds a bunch of evidence, then finds a dead body but doesn't report it to local police, meaning all the evidence there will now be compromised and can never be used; cop then flies to Montreal, again outside of jurisdiction and province, and is ready to go into a house on probable grounds of seeing blood everywhere when he looks through a window, but I guess forgets that he has no jurisdiction there so that means nothing. All of this is probably from the book on which the movie is based so that is likely where blame lies. If you're willing to suspend your disbelief for the duration of the film, it is not terrible, but much more in the vein of a drama than a thriller. A sad waste of Sarandon's and Burstyn's talents. They were not bad in the film at all, but their talents were underutilized. See more Read all reviews

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