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The Black Phone Reviews

Brennan
Verified Apr 19, 2025

A fun movie but far from perfect.

luis smells like cheese
Verified Feb 15, 2025

really good i enjoyed it a lot

Richie
Verified Dec 27, 2024

A little underwhelming in the horror aspect but the acting brings it home.

Verified Oct 29, 2024

So much more could have been done with this as a realistic true crime story. The only "Horror" element to this was the ghosts of his victims. WAY too much coincidental happenstance stuff written into this screenplay to make the story work. You really have do a lot of mental gymnastics to believe any of it works at face value outside of the supernatural elements. Ethan Hawke delivers a great performance here and thats about it.

Damion
Verified Oct 7, 2024

On edge the whole time, hoping for a part 2

Brandon Richardson
Verified Jan 13, 2023

This movie is a terrifying and well-crafted experience. It’s filled with incredible performances and great cinematography. Even though it isn’t the most serious of films, it brings light to an imperative and often hard-to-discuss topic. The writers did a great job translating this to the screen and turning a short story into a feature-length film. While the new content doesn’t entirely complete the story, it adds more structure and gives the characters more depth. The Black Phone is a faithful adaptation that is absolutely worth a watch.

Galen M
Verified Jan 13, 2023

This one pleasantly surprised me. Ethan Hawke was brilliantly creepy, the kids were portrayed as kids, not adults. There was violence when violence was warranted and no punches were pulled. And the cinematographry was elegant and disturbing, just like it needed to be.

Tejpal P
Verified Oct 13, 2022

Creepy and Good, Worth a Watch

Nick E
Verified Oct 3, 2022

A suspenseful thriller with a surprise amount of hopefulness.

Danielle M
Verified Sep 24, 2022

very entertaining! so authentic to Denver for those of us who grew up there!

James
Verified Sep 18, 2022

I jumped out of my seat several times. Ethan Hawke was amazing.

Isaiah
Verified Sep 14, 2022

Great movie. Scary for sure

Jarod
Verified Sep 12, 2022

Unnecessary introduction of characters that almost have no place in the movie. Cool idea of a story that felt pretty rushed and poorly executed with a weird pacing. Not great

Michael P
Verified Sep 10, 2022

Overall the movie was excellant but I thoought that the paranormal scenes were unneccessary and created confussion.

moony
Verified Sep 5, 2022

LOVE THE MOVIE SM LITERALLY MY NEW FAVORITE

Anastasia
Verified Sep 4, 2022

I loved this movie. Very well put together. Takes you back to the 80s and bullies but kids start to go missing and now your on your toes through out whole movie! Excellent movie

C.G.
Verified Sep 4, 2022

Great movie, very suspenseful.

Kelly C
Verified Sep 4, 2022

I’m from Denver, CO. So it was cool to see our city represented. All in all I would give it a five stars. The plot and story line were really good. It a little drawn out for what it is but it definitely a see againer.

holcomb608
Verified Sep 4, 2022

Always had a crush on Ethan Hawke. Such a Great Actor. Movie was great. Made my husband jump.

Crystal
Verified Sep 4, 2022

Definitely a must see!

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