Run Time: 81 minutes Shot in only ten days and for less than 2 million, Joel Shumachers Phone Booth is top-notch entertainment and only an hour and twenty minutes long (including the five minute end credits). The film has great pacing with an obvious Hitchcock influence and a stellar performance by Colin Farrell during the early years of his career. The most impressive thing about Phone Booth is the drastic character transition as Farrell goes from a sleazy, pretentious publicist into a regretful scoundrel. It doesnt take long for the audience to eventually sympathize with him and be on his side. Additionally, Shumachers directing talents clearly show, as its pretty difficult to make a movie work when it takes place in a confined space and with such few characters. Filmed in ten days and only 81 minutes long, Phone Booth just might be among the best quick movies out there.
