In Dallas, the thirty-one year old arrogant lawyer Gary Wheelan (Michael Laurence) is a wolf, unfaithful husband and gambler. He works at a law firm and presently he is defending the scum Vernon Woods (Brion James), who has embezzled a large amount from retired people, and Mr. Sloan (Spencer Prokop), who wants to declare his mother senile to administrate her money. Gary wins one bet and when his bookie Doc (Stephen Tobolowsky) pays the amount, he decides to buy a Jaguar betting again. Gary offends a telephone operator and later she returns to him telling that she is Shiva (the destroyer and transformer Deity from the Hinduism) and she will destroy his life. From the next day on, Shiva interferes in Gary's life that turns upside-down and he loses his wife, his car, his credit rating and his reputation. What will happen to Gary?
"The Operator" is a funny and entertaining moralist film with a good but totally unrealistic story. Michael Laurence is excellent in the role of a lawyer so full of himself that leaves his arrogance behind and changes his moral values in the end. The omnipresence of the operator in Gary's life is comical and implausible, but forget the reasonable and have fun. See "The Operator" with low expectation and you may be surprised with an amusing film. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Ligação de Alto Risco" ("High Risk Call")
