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When a Stranger Calls (2006)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites Recommendations Sign in to receive personalized recommendations. Sign In Or  Sign Up   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   D Source Brief Review Grade* Boston Globe Wesley Morris "Even by the lowest standards, this is a frightless, cynically made movie." more... D- E! Online "When this stranger catches you, he just kills you with boredom." more... F   Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum "...frightless..." more... D   filmcritic.com Keith Breese "This modern remake is more a retelling, a slick exercise of slow-boil terror and when the pressure boils over in the last 15 minutes of the movie it's palpable. Kids in the audience will scream. Seriously." more... C   Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck "...designed to capitalize on the title and premise of the original but offers little to those who fondly remember it." more... D   New York Post Lou Lumenick "Sorry, wrong number." more... D   ReelViews James Berardinelli "Something went terribly wrong during the production of When a Stranger Calls." more... C   * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)