The Caller

2008 Drama

When a whistle-blowing executive at an international energy firm prepares to expose his company's corrupt practices in Latin America, he secretly hires a private detective to track his every move for fear that he will be killed for his bold transgression. Jimmy Stevens (Frank Langella) has had enough of the lies and deception, and now he's going to something about it. He also knows that chances are good he'll pay the ultimate price for doing what he's about to do, so as a form of insurance Jimmy hires private detective Frank Turlotte (Elliott Gould) to keep a close tab on him. But Frank doesn't realize that the man who hired him and the man he was told to trail are one in the same, and as the paths of the two men begin to intertwine, the secrets of the past offer clues to the mysteries of the future. Mulholland Drive star Laura Harring co-stars in a twisting neo-noir thriller from A Hole in One director Richard Ledes. more..

Director: Richard Ledes

Starring: Elliott Gould, Frank Langella, Laura Harring, Anabel Sosa, Axel Feldman

Reviews

  • Frank Langella's note-perfect, tour-de-force turn as a man elegantly shaping his own demise is nicely counterpointed by a shambling Elliott Gould as a bird-watching private eye.

    Ronnie Scheib - Variety

    27 April 2013

  • The resulting cat-and-mouse game -- occupies most of the film's running time, to gradually diminishing results.

    Frank Scheck - The Hollywood Reporter

    27 April 2013

  • The Caller begins as a multinational corporate thriller more ambiguous and geopolitically senseless than "Demonlover."

    - Village Voice

    27 April 2013

  • Turns into an impenetrable essay on guilt, memory and the fear of death that even Mr. Langella's gravity cannot salvage.

    Stephen Holden - The New York Times

    27 April 2013

  • The Caller qualifies as something of a Holocaust movie, with flashbacks to World War II France. Guess who the two boys we see grow up to be?

    Lou Lumenick - New York Post

    27 April 2013

Awards

  • Richard Ledes

    Tribeca Film Festival (2008)