Apparently the idea for his film was pitched to Hitchcock back during his movie-making era. He liked it, but they couldn't figure how to do it, so the idea was pushed aside for awhile. I'm not too surprised. It sounds like a movie Hitchcock would have made. And while Joel Schumacher is NO Alfred Hitchcock, he does do a pretty great job of turning this movie into a good thriller. Or, well, if not a *thriller*, at least a fascinating movie. Colin Farrell's movie thus far had not impressed me - The Recruit was fun but not stellar, Minority Report left him with a pretty blah role, and Hart's War I barely remember other than that the dude was half-frozen all the time. But that changed in this movie. He manages to pull off what is almost a one-man show. Yeah, Kiefer Sutherland is fantastic as the creepy voice... but you never SEE him, and a creepy voice isn't nearly as creepy if the person he's talking to isn't convincingly scared by it. Kudos to both these actors for their amazing performances. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie.
Memorable quote:
"Okay...okay, so you got some intimacy problems."