Review of The Guilty (2021) by Mgamer490 — 20 Oct 2021

Was completely unaware this was a remake, and went into it having only seen the trailer after being suggested by my partner to watch together.

Was a very suspenseful and frustrating movie, but in a good way. The whole movie takes place in the same location, with a few little shots of other locations but not often. It reminded me of Phone Booth with Colin Farrell from 2002 which is one of my favourite movies, and that also mostly takes place in the same location.

Without going into spoiler territory, this movie may not be for everyone, especially with all the mainstream movies these days having a focus on action, this one has absolutely none of that. It is focused on a 911 operator who happens to take a 911 call that he borderline gets obsessed with resolving. Throughout the movie runtime, you are observing everything that he does to get to this resolution, usually being done in in a not so likable way, and this might be a criticism from some, that Jake Gyllenhaal's character is not likable, well he isn't supposed to be, he has his own personal issues and he has quite a temper, but where he feels frustration, I (as a viewer) felt the same, just maybe not to his scale. Jake did a great job here as well, this looks like a very demanding role in regards to emotional performance and he knocked it out of the park.

I have seen my fair share of movies so within the first 30-40 minutes, I paused the movie, looked at my partner and gave her theory I had about where the story was going to go, turns out I was correct. I tend to be able to do this often with movies, so I cannot make a comment on it being predictable but it is something that I was able to catch onto.

This was a great movie, I also adore the runtime of 90 minutes, not enough movies are at this length anymore and overstay their welcome, this movie was the perfect length. My partner and I both give it a thumbs up.