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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinA thriller that isn't kinky isn't much of a thriller. And Cellular has the best kinky phone gimmick since "Sorry, Wrong Number" (1948).
- 75Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldVery slick, very compelling and not nearly as predictable as it sounds.
- 70Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonIts adroit use of suspense makes you overlook the silliness.
- 70The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensIt's an honest, unpretentious, well-made B picture with a clever, silly premise, a handful of sly, unassuming performances and enough car chases, decent jokes and swervy plot complications to make the price of the ticket seem like a decent bargain.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanChris Evans is blithely likable despite a few faux-Cruise mannerisms, Basinger makes a vividly frightened yet resourceful woman in peril, and William H. Macy scores as a mild L.A. cop who lets out his inner macho.
- 60VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerBecause plot is the sum total here, the alarming holes, inconsistencies and impossibilities in Chris Morgan's script corrode this drama of distress.
- 60L.A. WeeklyL.A. WeeklyThe whole thing skims along on suspension of disbelief.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttMacy once again brightens an otherwise mundane character.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonSlickly produced, well cast and very excitingly made, it's based on plot hooks so silly, most of them blow up in your face.
- 50Chicago ReaderHank SartinChicago ReaderHank SartinCohen and a crew of script doctors have thrown in some of the oldest cliches in the book.