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The Call

Original title: Kol
  • 2020
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 52m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Park Shin-hye and Jeon Jong-seo in The Call (2020)
Two people live in different times. Seo-Yeon lives in the present and Young-Sook lives in the past. One phone call connects the two, and their lives are changed irrevocably.
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Two people live in different times. Seo-Yeon lives in the present and Young-Sook lives in the past. One phone call connects the two, and their lives are changed irrevocably.Two people live in different times. Seo-Yeon lives in the present and Young-Sook lives in the past. One phone call connects the two, and their lives are changed irrevocably.Two people live in different times. Seo-Yeon lives in the present and Young-Sook lives in the past. One phone call connects the two, and their lives are changed irrevocably.

  • Director
    • Chung-Hyun Lee
  • Writers
    • Sergio Casci
    • Chung-Hyun Lee
  • Stars
    • Park Shin-hye
    • Jeon Jong-seo
    • Kim Sung-ryung
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    50K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,476
    167
    • Director
      • Chung-Hyun Lee
    • Writers
      • Sergio Casci
      • Chung-Hyun Lee
    • Stars
      • Park Shin-hye
      • Jeon Jong-seo
      • Kim Sung-ryung
    • 389User reviews
    • 58Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 11 nominations total

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    Park Shin-hye
    Park Shin-hye
    • Seo-yeon
    Jeon Jong-seo
    Jeon Jong-seo
    • Young-sook
    Kim Sung-ryung
    Kim Sung-ryung
    • Seo-yeon's mother
    Lee El
    Lee El
    • Young-sook's mother
    Park Ho-san
    Park Ho-san
    • Seo-yeon's father
    Um Chae-young
    • Seo-yeon (young)
    Moon Chang-gil
    Moon Chang-gil
    • Junk collector
    Lee Dong-hwi
    Lee Dong-hwi
    • Baek Mi-hyun
    Oh Jung-se
    Oh Jung-se
    • Sung-ho
    Minha Kim
    Minha Kim
    • Sun-Hee (young)
    Eugene Ko
    Eugene Ko
    • Min-hyun
    • (voice)
    Grace Lynn Kung
    Grace Lynn Kung
    • Young-sook's mother
    • (voice)
    Jo Kyeong-sook
    Jo Kyeong-sook
    • Sun-hee
    • (as Kyung-Sook Jo)
    Ryu Kyung-soo
    Ryu Kyung-soo
    • Junior police officer
    Jonny Siew
    Jonny Siew
    • Sung-ho
    • (voice)
    Song Yo-sep
    • Police officer
    • (as Yo-sep Song)
    • Director
      • Chung-Hyun Lee
    • Writers
      • Sergio Casci
      • Chung-Hyun Lee
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews389

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    7tccandler

    Park Shin-hye is fantastic...

    You have to buy into the absurd concept of a phone call traveling through time... and there are literally dozens of logical leaps your sane mind will have to make... but if you accept the premise, this Korean thriller generates serious chills. Park Shin-hye is fantastic and pulls together all the loose ends with a superb central performance.
    7Taylor2208

    Turn the movie off as soon as you see the credits

    The scenes after the credits roll completely ruined the ending of what would have been a really great movie!
    7vara-57866

    Good movie with confused ending

    Nicely crafted thriller, keeps on the edge throughout the show. I watched twice to clearly understood the plot. If blink an eye, you will be like me watching again. Acting was fantastic... screen play and direction super. I didn't like the ending, I thought missed the logic. But that doesn't undermine the effort wee bit. Classy run.
    ABThomas

    Fantastic as long as you switch off when the credits roll

    There's a few added scenes during the credits which SHOULD NOT be there, please trust me and switch off when they roll.

    If you do, you will have a cracking movie that will have you glued to the set til the end.
    7Xstal

    Ending Makes Perfect Sense...

    ... because without it you can't make Call 2, 3 and 4 - and if you've accepted the events leading up to the close out you pretty much have to accept anything can happen, at any time, with little or no rhyme or reason, evidence or justification. If you can take it for what it is and don't try to examine its flaws too deeply, can wallow in its shallows recognising that certain genres, having been milked close to extinction, can still give rise to originality - you'll be thoroughly entertained, albeit feeling a little short changed when the credits begin to roll at the end.

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    • Trivia
      In 1999, Young-sook says she is 28 and was born in 1972. This is due to the unique age-calculating-system used in Korea. When a Korean baby is born, they already one years old.
    • Goofs
      When the villain, Young-Sook, kills off the father of Seo-Yeon, the latter screams in terror as she sees how he fades away from her life. Yet earlier, when Young-Sook kills the strawberry farmer Sung-Ho, who at the time was having lunch with the parents of Seo-Yeon, they would have been alarmed and cried out in surprise as well, yet that did not happen.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Film Junk Podcast: Episode 798: The Empty Man + Jiu Jitsu (2021)

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    • Release date
      • November 27, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Official site
      • Netflix
    • Language
      • Korean
    • Also known as
      • El teléfono
    • Filming locations
      • South Korea
    • Production company
      • Yong Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 52 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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