The Caller

Movie Title--  The Caller

Release Year--  2011

Running Time--  1 Hour and 31 Minutes

Director--  Matthew Parkhill

Cast--  Rachelle Lefevre, Stephen Moyer, Lorna Raver, Ed Quinn, Luis Guzman

Mary Kee moves into her own apartment while going through a traumatic divorce and starts an unlikely friendship with a mysterious, unknown caller named Rose.  When Rose reveals she is calling from the past, Mary tries to cut all contact, only to be met with terrible consequences.  

Mary Kee (Rachelle Lefvre) is going through a terrible divorce.  After moving into a new apartment she finds an old fashioned phone and it doesn't take long before she starts receiving phone calls from a mysterious woman.  Mary soon learns the caller's name is Rose (Lorna Raver) and she was involved with a man who lived in the apartment previously.  The two women strike up a very unlikely friendship but when Rose reveals that she is in 1979 and proves it by drawing a rose in the pantry, Mary starts to question her motives.

As Mary's phone calls become more and more troubling, a terrified Mary decides to cut all contact.  After a long silence, Mary plugs her phone back in to contact the landlord and the phone calls start again and this time they come with disastrous consequences.  

I will start by saying, this is not the best thriller I have seen lately but it definitely isn't the worst.  My biggest problem was I sat through this film wondering when the twist was coming.  Were we going to find out that Mary was crazy?  Was the woman on the phone really calling or was Mary having a break with reality because of her ugly divorce?  I feel like I had a hard time believing the story because it felt very far fetched.

I really enjoyed Rachelle Lafavre and Stephen Moyer's acting in this film and I liked the chemistry they had together.  They play a couple in the film but the feeling you get from them is almost as if they had known each other their whole lives, they just seemed to have a certain kind of comfort with the other that isn't seen that often  between co-stars anymore.

Anyone that is looking for something just a bit out of the ordinary (when it comes to this type of film anyway), this may be your thing.  An instant classic?  Not at all but it is worth the watch if you can't find anything else on.  Don't Forget the Popcorn!