Review of Denise Calls Up (1995) by Alanna S — 31 Mar 2010

Denise Calls Up is a delightful comedy that just blows your socks off.

This review of Denise Calls Up (1995) was written by Alanna S on 31 Mar 2010.

Denise Calls Up has generally received mixed reviews.

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By James H (4,675) on 27 Nov 2006

6.5/10. Imaginative and different, refreshing performances. The film makes an interesting point. Nicely edited, very well written…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 14 Feb 2001

Yet, there is also little doubt that when it comes to extreme physical humor, Carrey is remarkably gifted, a throwback to the vintage antics…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 01 Jan 2000

There's nothing worse than a film which mistakenly believes it's the comic event of the year…

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By Barbara Shulgasser (553) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 01 Jan 2000

As witty as this film is, Salwen can't get around the fact that a movie about people who don't meet saddles a director with a lot of scenes…

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By Greg H (425) on 05 Apr 2017

All takes place on the phone because car phones were a big deal back then. Needless to say did not age well…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for Variety (12,700) on 18 Jun 2006

A minor but quirkily charming comedy about alientaion, love, and folly that reflects the zeitgeist in terms of AIDS and modern technology…

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By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 01 Jan 2000

After a while, besides enjoying the stories as such, we begin to enjoy the film's trickiness, almost all on the phone, as a sort of high-wire act…

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By Christopher Null (908) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 01 Jan 2000

The film is never really funny-ha-ha, but it never bores the viewer at all thanks to Hal Salwen's direction…

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By Chris Hicks (618) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 01 Jan 2000

The conceit of having everyone talk together almost exclusively by cell phone wears out its welcome by the halfway mark…

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By Desson Thomson (1,673) for Washington Post (9,851) on 01 Jan 2000

Too slight to be a cautionary fable and not light enough to merit the term 'goofy caper.' But it sits in an enjoyable place of its own…

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