Mary, a young woman going through a divorce, moves into a new apartment and is on the road to piece together her new life of being single. One day, when a woman calls asking for someone named Bobby, Mary simply informs her that she has the wrong number, but as the number of calls begin to escalate, they evolve into something more sinister causing Mary to become fearful that someone may be stalking her. Determined to find out who the mysterious caller is, Mary starts to look into who the previous apartment's occupants were but nothing can prepare her for what is really happening and who the calls are coming from.
The Caller is another one of those "work it out for yourself" types of films because the way the story evolves as the movie goes on, you literally do have to work it out for yourself as the plot really gives you nothing as to why things are happening. It makes no sense whatsoever and while the story is pretty interesting and is a novel idea, it just tries to be far too clever and ends up failing.
Aside from the story trying to be too clever, one of the other aspects of the movie that didn't make sense was the amount of information Mary gave to this mysterious, unknown caller. I don't care what anyone says, NO ONE would give out the information Mary gave out to someone they don't know on the other end of a phone.
Also, the calls pass the line into harassment and threatening behaviour so 1) why wouldn't you look into changing your phone number, and 2) why wouldn't you inform the police? Of course, none of these happen in the film. Honestly, I really do have to say that the vast majority of this movie just did not make any sense, and the only things that make it watchable are the tension that some scenes create, the attempts for an original story, and the decent cast members.
Other than that, The Caller is really just another mediocre thriller that fills an hour and a half when there's nothing else to do.
The Caller is another one of those "work it out for yourself" types of films because the way the story evolves as the movie goes on, you literally do have to work it out for yourself as the plot really gives you nothing as to why things are happening. It makes no sense whatsoever and while the story is pretty interesting and is a novel idea, it just tries to be far too clever and ends up failing.
Aside from the story trying to be too clever, one of the other aspects of the movie that didn't make sense was the amount of information Mary gave to this mysterious, unknown caller. I don't care what anyone says, NO ONE would give out the information Mary gave out to someone they don't know on the other end of a phone.
Also, the calls pass the line into harassment and threatening behaviour so 1) why wouldn't you look into changing your phone number, and 2) why wouldn't you inform the police? Of course, none of these happen in the film. Honestly, I really do have to say that the vast majority of this movie just did not make any sense, and the only things that make it watchable are the tension that some scenes create, the attempts for an original story, and the decent cast members.
Other than that, The Caller is really just another mediocre thriller that fills an hour and a half when there's nothing else to do.