Private Number

Okay ... so, I hated the first 1/3 of the movie ... boring ... tedious ... and I fell asleep, which is a first for me.

The acting is adequate ... and the further I got into the movie I found that I had two possible villains, and just when I thought I had the right person ... I switched to my second choice, which was actually my first choice! Bingo!

The two leads are actors (Nicholle Tom & Hal Ozsan) I would like to see more of, and Judd Nelson is usually a good choice as well. Which means I have no real complaints about the acting, or the special effects. However, what I do have a problem with is the ending ... can you say "overkill?" Towards the end, the screen goes black ... and this is where I would have made a change. I would have allowed the screen to remain black for two to three minutes ... then I would have let the credits roll. I believe my ending would have been a far better ending ... ?! For an audience to wait on the edge of their seats, then dropped, that would have been superb! But, with this film, the wait would have to be at least two minutes of cold, black, silence.

I'm not so sure I will watch this movie again, but if I do, I'll skip the first 1/3.

Extremely low budget. Moderately entertaining. Fiendishly foul finale. There, in a nutshell, we have the synopsis for the marginally cut-above-standard thriller "Private Number".

Michael (Hal Ozsan of TV's "Dawson's Creek") has a case of serious writer's block and it's killing his progress at completing a follow-up novel to a minor best seller debut effort. Then to compound his woes he begins getting freaky phone calls in the middle of the night which seem to evolve into something supernatural. Soon Michael finds himself researching a series of unsolved murders in the California town in which he and his bride Katherine (Nicholle Tom) reside. I'll stop here at the risk of becoming a Spoiler, except to append that things get pretty dang twisty-turny over the cacophonous course of this flick's frenzied finish. And wind up most ominously open-ended.

Sniff, sniff. What's that I smell? Can you say "Sequel"?

There is so much waste in this industry, this movie is part of that waste.

Everyone involved in this film should have just donated all of the funds to some animal charity it woild have done a lot more good than this total waste of money. The only reason I gave it 2 stars is judd nelson.

Each of the actors, producers, directors involved in this film should look for an alternative career.

Not only did nothing make sense in this movie, there's absolutely no point, plot, message or any connection to the human world. It is not entertaining, low budget and I am quite frankly surprised why Judd is in it

Some people just have no talent, you can't.

who films a "horror" movie inside a house with a shaky cam documentary style? Yes, that would make sense if you were filming an episode of the office, because it is presumed that there are people following you around and may not have a tripod readily available. What is your excuse here?

And this officer is wearing a Fake Moustache? Why? Why not just grow a moustache, or just not have one in the first place?

And if you are going to barricade the door by nailing it shut, are you intentionally doing it as crookedly and shoddily as possible? BOARD UP YOUR WINDOWS PARALLEL! And you only did one door. If anything you are just blocking yourself in, and limiting your escape.

OH WHAT THE HELL IS THIS! You called Best Buy's Geek Squad to "hack" into the police database? I had no idea that they provided this service!

Private Number: Utter Garbage. And yet I am still watching it.

Always enjoy films with a stunning leading lady and this one delivers. The guy who portrays the husband plays the part of an idiotic wanker, who takes out his inadequacies on his beautiful wife, who if smarter would have given him right to the balls before dumping him.