Product Details

• Actors: Ha Ji-won, Kim Yu-mi, Choi Woo-jae, Eun Seo-woo
• Directors: Ahn Byung-Ki
• Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Surround Sound, Widescreen
• Language: Korean
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Tartan Video
• DVD Release Date: January 25, 2005
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006Q9464
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,133 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Take my call if you love me", March 27, 2005

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bonsai chicken (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Phone (DVD)

PHONE concerns a young investigative journalist named Ji-Won, who begins to receive menacing calls on her mobile phone. Suspecting it is one of the men she recently wrote an exposé on, she has her number changed, but what she hears when her phone rings next is even more disturbing. After her best friend's daughter accidentally receives one of the calls, the girl begins behaving erratically. The only clue Ji-Won has to go on is the phone number that keeps appearing on her laptop, so she begins to look into the people who had her number previously, and what she finds is interesting indeed.

I'll be the first to admit that the premise of a supernatural force utilizing a cellular phone seemed hokey, but as the story progresses, the device is shown to not be a contrivance at all. Even if this weren't the case, I'd still rate the movie highly. It's simply a very effective scary movie, especially during the first half. It won't get under your skin and haunt you like 'A Tale of Two Sisters,' but it should satisfy while viewing. It's also a beautiful movie in all respects. Ignore the clunky title and check it out.

The DVD is of very high quality with many extras including trailers, and cast interviews, including one with the little girl from the movie, who is very funny. There are two deleted scenes, and the little girl gives hilarious commentary on selected scenes (prompted by an interviewer.) There is also a lot of behind the scenes footage. A nice package for a fairly obscure movie, one that puts many major studio home video releases to shame.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Be careful before reading other reviews., July 3, 2006

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layla - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Phone (DVD)

I looked through the reviews below and many of them are chock full of spoilers. Perhaps it's best that you just watch this movie without finding anything out about it first as it's the sort of movie that is far more enjoyable if you go in without knowing too much about it.

As for my commentary, this is not really a horror, but more like a mystery and dark drama involving a ghost. It's not really scary, and I don't think it's really meant to be. It has a very mysterious style, but the plot is what this is about.

If you thought the plot of The Ring was great, but don't need the horror aspect so much, then you will love this one. It's a very similar style, in which a person must investigate the ghost that haunts her and the plot turns in many directions as it unfolds to gradually explain the meaning of the haunting. I thought this movie was absolutely brilliant, but if you go in just looking for a good scare, you'll be disappointed.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes it's better to let the phone ring, August 21, 2011

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kimmika - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Phone (DVD)

This movie has some very good acting reminds you on how much a woman will do to keep her family and that secrets will always come to to the light one way or another. Sometimes the sins of the father will affect the whole family. The little girl in this did some of the best acting I've ever seen someone so young do .She totally gave me the creeps and I loved every minute of it.