Technology now a days has us walking with our heads down and not looking up at the world. In the city of New York Stu Shepard (Colin Farrell) gets his panties in a twist after answering one phone call. In the busy city of New York there are thousands of people, dancers, tourist and children walking and talking about their life not knowing what the outcome of today will be. What starts off as a toy game ends up in gun shots.
One afternoon Stu runs up his adrenaline again to lie to a variety of people about publishing their career into bigger and better fame with his assistant by his side, Adam (Keith Nobbs). Stu takes a small break from reality and calls up his mistress Pamela (Katie Holmes) to meet up once again for an audition Stu has for …show more content…
This man knows every dirty lie about Stu and his so call “connections” of fame to the type of clothes he is wearing this day. Continuing to torture Stu with phone calls, his family and Pamela Stu cannot concentrate nor think of the outcome will be if he obeys the voices commands.
Director Joel Schumacher has a brilliant use of camera angle/focus, the type of edits used and incredible camera movements throughout the whole film. Having to time the best sections to use these cinematography scene is a true brutality to the audience. Mr. Schumacher has also directed The Lost Boys, The number 23 and A Time to Kill all of which keep the audience insanely interested on behalf of his thriller designs. Personally Phone Booth and The number 23 are my absolute favorites because of the critical thinking the audience has to do in order to understand Schumacher’s strategy.
His wife Kelly Shepard (Radha Mitchell) helps NYPD cop Captain Ramey (Forest Whitaker) understand why Stu will not get out of the booth after being accused, by exotic dancers, of killing their boss in broad daylight. The relationships in this film are torn and built by the mask Stu puts on every day for the world and what he really should value in