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The Listener

  • 2022
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
759
YOUR RATING
Tessa Thompson in The Listener (2022)
Follows a helpline volunteer who is part of the small army that gets on the phone every night, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, etc.
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Follows a helpline volunteer who is part of the small army that gets on the phone every night, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, etc.Follows a helpline volunteer who is part of the small army that gets on the phone every night, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, etc.Follows a helpline volunteer who is part of the small army that gets on the phone every night, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, etc.

  • Director
    • Steve Buscemi
  • Writer
    • Alessandro Camon
  • Stars
    • Tessa Thompson
    • Logan Marshall-Green
    • Derek Cecil
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    759
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Steve Buscemi
    • Writer
      • Alessandro Camon
    • Stars
      • Tessa Thompson
      • Logan Marshall-Green
      • Derek Cecil
    • 9User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
    • 64Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Top cast14

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    Tessa Thompson
    Tessa Thompson
    • Beth
    Logan Marshall-Green
    Logan Marshall-Green
    • Michael
    Derek Cecil
    Derek Cecil
    • Andy
    Margaret Cho
    Margaret Cho
    • Corinne
    Blu del Barrio
    Blu del Barrio
    • Jinx
    Ricky Velez
    Ricky Velez
    • Ellis
    Alia Shawkat
    Alia Shawkat
    • Sharon
    Jamie Hector
    Jamie Hector
    • Ray
    Casey Wilson
    Casey Wilson
    • Ruby
    Bobby Soto
    Bobby Soto
    • Chris
    Rebecca Hall
    Rebecca Hall
    • Laura
    Karli Kaiser
    Karli Kaiser
    • On-Set Reader
    Jack Perry
    Jack Perry
    • On-Set Reader
    Matt Van Orden
    Matt Van Orden
    • Jinx's Boyfriend
    • Director
      • Steve Buscemi
    • Writer
      • Alessandro Camon
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    User reviews9

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    1plasssaskia

    The reviews are wrong

    So saw this on amazon prime since it had a few stars I thought why not. It is extremely boring and nothing happens. It was 14 minutes into the movie and I thought okay any second now. Then I began to fast forward. I got to like 60 minutes and nothing happened I just took it off. What is the purpose of this movie.the synopsis looked promising but I was waiting for what it described to happen. I didn't waste my time finishing it and will check Wikipedia to see if the plot was put there. I'm not sure where the 5 start from imdb came from but it is extremely misleading. I should have came on here and realize it only got 8 reviews before wasting my time.
    3danieljfarthing

    Self-indulgent, pretentious, art-house bore

    One-actor movies "Buried" & "Locke" were surprisingly good, but "The Listener" is more the art-house bore many would expect such films to be. Samaritans-style helpline worker Tessa Thompson does a night-shift at home taking random, unrelated calls (from various voices inc Rebecca Hall) whose tones range from disturbing to sad to quirky. It'll shine on Thompson's CV (especially as she is great) and Steve Buscemi directs his first film since 2007 with intimate warmth, but Alessandro Camon's plotless character-study screenplay is too self-indulgently pretentious to make it entertaining. Props indeed to helpline workers... but this one's still a dull movie. Flush it.
    8bbimage-62015

    Increased my stress levels

    To hear the stories of the people calling, it's sad and scary. This is a non judgmental line and it was like a confessional. But the difference is that someone wasn't saying they sinned against God but a way to deal with the thoughts that keep them up at night. I wouldn't just watch this but it's a good movie to listen to while doing other stuff. I didn't think it was boring...and perhaps that's because I experienced some traumatic experiences in my life. I wonder where on Earth some of these ideas came from when making this movie. Did the writer or writers each share a wild story of sadness, sin or fear?
    5JonyVeana

    Boring

    They only talk and talk and talk and its just boring i don't care about your problems or about anything that's bothering these characters because I don't know their faces its just pathetic and its not fun, the thor girl is a very good actress but she is don't nothing here its just kinda boring tbh, we need to change that and maje better one location movies ok, this doesn't work for me ok so lets try to ask for better movies and bot this things lets just try ok, Bucemi i iinow someone did something horrible in New York to you but we didn't deserve this from you either ok, lets try maaie better movies.
    10mythoughts789

    Powerful

    This movie was fantastic. The acting was outstanding. As someone who has heard a lot of people's difficult stories, and who has lived through a lot of my own, including the suicide of someone close to me, the movie was difficult to watch at times, but spoke so much truth about both the difficulty and the importance of listening to people's experiences. It told the truth about the difficulty of life, about the value of people, about the importance of our experiences, about the value of life and of not ending it. It was so well done. A movie that encourages us to support each other, to do the hard things, to continue to live, is so worth watching.

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      Filmed in 6 days while Tessa Thompson was on a one week hiatus from filming Westworld.
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    • Release date
      • March 29, 2024 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Слушательница
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Hantz Motion Pictures
      • Olive Productions
      • Sight Unseen Pictures
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      • 1 hour, 36 minutes
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