Hellphone (2007)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

James Huth

Writers:

Jean-Baptiste Andrea (story)
Jean-Baptiste Andrea (written by)

Release Date:

28 March 2007 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Mystery

Plot:

A teenager feels an endless fascination for his cellular which will enable him to reach his aim: alluring...

Plot Keywords:

High School | Teenager | Movie Theatre | Chemical | Fire Extinguisher

Cast

Jean-Baptiste Maunier	...	Sid
Jennifer Decker	...	Angie
Benjamin Jungers	...	Pierre
Vladimir Consigny	...	Virgile
Edouard Collin	...	Franklin
Baptiste Caillaud	...	David
Anaïs Demoustier	...	Clémence
Judith Chemla	...	Margot
Quentin Grosset	...	Félix
Géraldine Martineau	...	Charlotte
Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus	...	M. Tamalet
Christian Hecq	...	Fritz
Clotilde Mollet	...	Mme Soupir
Bruno Salomone	...	Hervé Temmam
Gilles Privat	...	M. Fouque

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Certification:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:12 | France:U

Company:

Captain Movies

Movie Connections:

Features Dead End (2003/I)

It's a lot of fun (...but just don't expect it to be scary)

Hellphone is the story of a boy who , not really knowing it , buy an evil phone who has a mind of its own to get the girl of his dream. It's a crazy film from beginning to the end , it goes at a crazy speed both in the writing and the direction, the camera keep zooming in,zooming out,the color are bright and the actor all have very high energy. There's a lot of dark comedy in there too (There's a scene were a fast food owner deep fried his own head)and plenty of laugh. Jean Baptiste Maunier had become very popular in France since "les choriste" and even if I must say that I don't consider myself a fan of him , I really did find him convincing in the role of a metal-head kid. But in my opinion the real star of the film is Vladimir Consigny who plays Virgile , the self obsessed bad guy in the story,he bring a lot of fun to the role ( and I'm not talking about the strip tease scene ) he's just a really different sort of villain. The last 15 minutes of the film are the best for both fans of horror and comedy. It's a really hard film to describe but if any of you saw film like "Idyle hands" or "Shawn of the dead" I am sure you will have a fun time watching this silly horror/comedy.