The Call (2020)

Great acting- Big plot holes

The entertainment value of this film is high. It is suspenseful and well acted. The director and actors clearly worked well together. The writers on the other hand...

The first part of this movie is amazing. Up until the main protagonists father is saved everything makes sense. If you don't think too deeply everything is fine... But really things fall apart after that. It falls apart in a slightly annoying way that makes you yell at the protagonist to use their common sense.

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They want us to believe that a young person in the year 2020 would not use the internet to the best of their abilities. This person doesn't have the common sense to do any research on what is happening at all. That is the biggest plot hole of this entire story.

Equally annoying is the fact that she has a zero concept of fact that changes in the past could have negative consequences on the present. She also just casually shares things about the present with this person from 20 years in the past. That's kind of rule number one of dealing with the past, is that you do not share things about the present. Especially since she wasn't doing it for a specific reason, and then already realizee that this was a horrible criminal. If only she knew when to SHUT UP!!!

Then there is this lack of memory. After her father is killed she should have remembered her mother coming to the house.

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One of the best Thrillers around

Definitely one of the best time travel / time loop movie I've watched in a long time. It really puts you at the edge of your seat. Park Shin-Hye and Jeon Jong Seo are both spectacular here. I just don't see this movie succeeding with anyone else aside from them.

It's always difficult to create a good time travel movie as there are just too many things to explain and it's really difficult to ensure everything is tied together. They did it pretty well here.

No doubt this is sort of a remake of the old English film but still, the actresses played it to perfection. You can feel the thrill when shin hye and Jong Seo were having their cat and mouse game and there's always that lingering question, how can someone from the present (A) prevent someone from the past (B) from killing A's past self, especially when A has no way of reaching her past self ?

It's like a totally against the odds tale. You know chances are extremely high that A is gonna lose, but you still want to find out if A can actually win.

Masterpiece really.

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you WILL get pissed

Honestly though, this movie took the ‘cliche dumb main character in a horror movie’ to the next level. You have no idea how much she frustrated me. Literally the dumbest person ever, I mean I get that in certain situations you just don’t know how to handle things like that but isn’t she completely dense?

But then again this just proves how well the actress is, so kudos to her. Both actresses did extremely well honestly..

The ending kinda fucked me up because i’m honestly kinda happy for the villain winning because wow i did not feel one ounce of sympathy towards the main character, she literally deserved it all because of how dumb and naive she was. Literally how could she possibly make every bad move and the way she handled that stuff is just even more frustrating, it’s just an easy story where it pisses you off.

On a more bright note I guess it’s more realistic to end it like that because how could a dumbass like her outsmart a smart serial killer? Lol, I thought this might’ve been some kinda horror esque movie where the villain gets killed in the end by some magical thing but atleast they showed that it’s practically unrealistic to make her lose against an idiot. So honestly…i’m not even THAT mad. I’m just mad that they made the main character that unlikeable..

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Really pull you in...

I'm going to be brief. Most of "time travel" related dramas are mess but this was pretty ok. Ok. Not perfect. It had few holes and the end was meh(=the last 2 minutes)

The acting was brilliant. I was sometimes scared how good it was. It felt too real watching jong-seo, thumbs up for both FL<3

Start was slower but it was bearable and i was nervously bitting my nails through the last 50 minutes,not gonna lie. The thrill was real. Definitely worth watch for people who like thrillers and psychology etc. but sometimes it's better to switch your brain off and just watch.

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Um filme no mínimo interessante

- Problemas psicológicos não são curados com falsas crenças e exorcismo.
- Precisamos amar e cuidar enquanto ainda temos tempo.
- Não se pode mudar o passado ou mudar a mente das pessoas, só podemos mudar a forma que lidamos com o mundo.
- Não culpe o outro, faça diferente
- Não somos Deus, não podemos julgar quem merece morrer, quem é melhor que quem, não conhecemos o íntimo do outro.
- Nunca confie totalmente em alguém.

Os autores são muito bons, assim como os efeitos especiais (exceto o sangue que parecia falso), mas no geral a direção do filme fez bem, os cenários foram bem pensados, uma história cheia de reviravoltas, nenhuma ponta ficou solta e durante todo o filme ficamos ansiosos, tentando resolver a situação, o começo nos deixa confusos, na metade achamos que entendemos tudo, mas no final, é como se estivéssemos no começo 하하하

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Thought-provoking film that will not waste your time

Just a few seconds into the film, I was slowly captivated by the colours. Yes, it is sad and dull. But there is beauty even though it is a sombre colour palette. Besides that, the transitions are fitting as well. From locating the missing smartphone of our lead character, a Galaxy Note 9 (not sponsored) to be exact, the scene slowly and beautifully transitioned to a brain scan.

Okay, that might be ridiculous to some. But I do love a good transition. And with The Call (2020), it does not end with simple film transitions. There are several as the story shows us various process or periods of changing from one state to another, which are often heartbreaking. The narrative keeps moving and transforming as both our leads do what they need to survive and live the life they deserve.

And we all know this does not always work out. Sure, we can repeatedly change our life or rather what is up ahead as we have the power to plan or retract every decision we make. However, we cannot control external factors nor mould our life according to what we only want. And most importantly, we can not change the past. A truth that is hard for everyone to accept.

Speaking of which this film is not about time travel. No one travels from past to present or vice versa. The Call (2020) focuses more on connecting with the past and then bending reality when one realises she had the upper hand.

This horror mystery thriller is one of those films that work your brain. If you love that kind of genre, I highly recommend The Call (2020). It is one thought-provoking film that will not waste your time.

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Park Shin Hye Hallyu Queen

She's superb in acting. Good job!! Congratulations to the whole cast.. Recommended.. I love the story. Rewatching😍. They did their best in a movie. The director of the movie 100%. Thank you for not giving up park shin hye. Only the Hallyu Queen can do that. 2020 is Park Shin Hye year. Hoping for Next year. More projects. We are here your fans praying for your continued success. That's Daebak!!! Call!#TheCall #ParkShinHye #Call the best. Call.call.call.call
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Bom,mas um pouco confuso

Eu gosto bastante do começo,acho que faz você ficar bem curioso com como a história vai andar,porém à partir do primeiro plot a história começa a se perder.

Para um trilher foi ok,mas acho que o passado e presente da história ,em um certo ponto ficam muito confusos.Ambas as personagens são claramente um pouco egoístas kkk E acho q a roteirista quis colocar muitas reviravoltas no filme.
Sobre as atuações,acho que todos estavam muito bem,tirando a Park Shin hye,a quem tenho a impressão de sempre estar fazendo o mesmo papel(ainda acho q ela combina mais com esse gênero,do que com românce).
O final foi o que mais me decepcionou,pra mim podia ter acabado com ela e a mãe indo embora normalmente,acho que todos já iriam gostar desse plot final,ou seja, achei desnecessário a "vilã" continuar viva.
Mas ainda acho que valeu a pena o tempo gasto assistindo,foi uma boa história,só acho que não tão bem aproveitada!

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