Two women living in the same house from different times somehow manage to communicate and befriend each other over the phone, a friendship that will soon become torture.
Korean narrative does not fail – ever! The Call is a drama first and a mystery/thriller second. The heroine’s background is as heavy as they come, and the current paradoxical pain only builds on it. Remember The Lake House (2006)? Well, it’s not a bad film, to be fair, but… this is better! This is actually the psychotic, gruesome version, where the tables turn more than once, and the drama matches the suspense and the agony.
The film explores human nature’s unpredictability and the consequences of our utterances and actions – especially when we don’t know what we are dealing with. Time travel, in all its variations, is only a scientific school of thoughts that clash with each other. Coincidentally, this is the third film I’ve watched in the last couple of months that explores the implications of time travel. Tenet (2020) and Primer (2004) are the other two.
The Call is by far not an original concept. Frequency (2000) was the first, I think. But it is the perfect example of “old wine, new bottle” with a non-Hollywood denouement. If I’m being honest, the twist at the very end is nonsensical and should have been left out. Lastly, Jeon Jong-Seo and Park Shin-hye are just incredible!
Therefore, turn the lights off, sit back, relax, and for a couple of hours, forget the word “pandemic.”
P.S. Watch the trailer! One of the best trailers I’ve seen in a long time.
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