Review of The Black Phone (2022) by Richard Whittaker for Austin Chronicle — 23 Jun 2022
It's the period details that really make The Black Phone ring. It's not the set dressing, or the costumes, or the hairstyles (although Jeremy Davies does sport a fantastic muttonchops-mullet merger as Gwen and Finney's alcoholic, abusive father).
It's that grimy sense of the era, that way that kids felt left to their own devices. This is an Amblin adventure drenched in R-rated fear.
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This review of The Black Phone (2022) was written by Richard Whittaker and published by Austin Chronicle on 23 Jun 2022.
The Black Phone has generally received positive reviews.
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